Extrasolar planets: What are hot Jupiters made of?

Details Extrasolar planets: What are hot Jupiters made of? Extrasolar planets: What are hot Jupiters made of?

Aug 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002a%26g....43d..21c&link_type=abstract

Astronomy & Geophysics, Volume 43, Issue 4, pp. 4.21-4.25.

Physics

Geophysics

1

Scientific paper

Among the 100 or so extrasolar planets discovered to date, the most bizarre are the dozen or so Jupiter-mass planets that orbit their parent stars with periods between three and seven days. These so-called ``hot Jupiters'' offer the most immediate chances for direct detection and characterization. At present only one of these planets has been found to transit the face of its parent star. Its radius is that of a slightly inflated gas giant. Models of the structure and evolution of these planets are beginning to show how clues to their evolutionary history may be encoded in their mass-radius-age relations. Over the next few years, the prospects are good for discovery of many more transiting systems that can be used to infer mass-radius relations for irradiated planets. At the same time, new optical and infrared spectral separation techniques will uncover the role played by the chemistry and physics of irradiated gas-giant atmospheres in regulating their cooling and contraction.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Extrasolar planets: What are hot Jupiters made of? does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Extrasolar planets: What are hot Jupiters made of?, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Extrasolar planets: What are hot Jupiters made of? will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1673413