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Sep 2011
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American Astronomical Society, ESS meeting #2, #40.06
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Of all the planetary systems, Wasp-12b ranks as one of the more extreme. Orbiting its host star in just over a day and being heated to temperatures of 3600 it has been suggested that this planet is actively overflowing its Hill sphere, spilling onto its host star. I will present three-dimensional radiative hydrodynamical simulations of Wasp-12b. In particular I will discuss how including the full Roche potential (star and planet), something not necessary for most of the other known hot-Jupiter planets, significantly influences the overall dynamics of the atmosphere. The stellar gravitational force provides a counter to the well-known day-night potential difference caused by differential irradiation. This ultimately changes the flow patterns and impacts the delivery of mass to the L1 point, necessary for overflow.
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