The Latest Rossiter-McLaughlin Measurements of WASP Systems and Their Impact on Theories of Planetary Misalignment

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Sep 2011

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American Astronomical Society, ESS meeting #2, #6.04

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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The number of planetary systems for which the sky-projected angle between the orbital and stellar spin axes has been measured is rapidly increasing. It is now possible to examine the ensemble of results to determine trends that point towards potential mechanisms for the creation of misaligned planetary orbits. We present the latest Rossiter-McLaughlin observations of hot Jupiters discovered by the WASP survey, discuss their level of alignment, and examine their impact on the theoretical underpinnings of said mechanisms.

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