Hot Jupiters' Tidal Interaction with their Host Stars

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Dec 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004rmxac..22...95l&link_type=abstract

Gravitational Collapse: From Massive Stars to Planets. / First Astrophysics meeting of the Observatorio Astronomico Nacional. /

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Planets And Satellites: General, Stars: Planetary Systems, Stellar Dynamics

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Some of the nearly 120 known Jupiter-mass extrasolar planets are hot Jupiters with periods less than 1-2 weeks and nearly circular orbits. Tidal interactions between these planets and their host stars lead to the circularization of their orbits and a cut off in their period distribution. In addition, it also causes planets' internal tidal heating and larger than expected sizes as inferred from the observation of a transiting planet around HD 209458.

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