Orbital Migration Through Atmospheric Mass Loss

Orbital Migration Through Atmospheric Mass Loss

Atmospheric mass loss is thought to have strongly shaped the sample of close-in exoplanets. These atmospheres should be lost isotropically, leading to no net migration on the planetary orbit. However, strong stellar winds can funnel the escaping atmosphere into a tail trailing the planet. We derive...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Benjamin Hanf, William Kincaid, Hilke Schlichting, Livan Cappiello, Daniel Tamayo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astronomical Journal
Subjects:
Exoplanet migration
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad944f
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Similar Items

Similar Items