THE ROCHE LIMIT FOR CLOSE-ORBITING PLANETS: MINIMUM DENSITY, COMPOSITION CONSTRAINTS, AND APPLICATION TO THE 4.2 hr PLANET KOI 1843.03

THE ROCHE LIMIT FOR CLOSE-ORBITING PLANETS: MINIMUM DENSITY, COMPOSITION CONSTRAINTS, AND APPLICATION TO THE 4.2 hr PLANET KOI 1843.03

The requirement that a planet must orbit outside of its Roche limit gives a lower limit on the planet's mean density. The minimum density depends almost entirely on the orbital period and is immune to systematic errors in the stellar properties. We consider the implications of this density cons...

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Main Authors: Rogers, Leslie A. (Author), Sanchis Ojeda, Roberto (Contributor), Winn, Joshua Nathan (Contributor), Levine, Alan M (Author), Rappaport, Saul A (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Rappaport, Saul A. (Contributor), Levine, Alan M. (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2014-08-11T18:28:41Z.
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