ECCENTRICITY FROM TRANSIT PHOTOMETRY: SMALL PLANETS IN KEPLER MULTI-PLANET SYSTEMS HAVE LOW ECCENTRICITIES
Solar system planets move on almost circular orbits. In strong contrast, many massive gas giant exoplanets travel on highly elliptical orbits, whereas the shape of the orbits of smaller, more terrestrial, exoplanets remained largely elusive. Knowing the eccentricity distribution in systems of small...
Main Authors: | Van Eylen, Vincent (Contributor), Albrecht, Simon (Author) |
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Other Authors: | MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor) |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing,
2015-11-13T14:42:58Z.
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Online Access: | Get fulltext |
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