Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Jan 2012
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, #339.13
Statistics
Computation
Scientific paper
The Kepler Mission is ideally designed to be able to detect moons of transiting extra-solar giant planets. In February 2011, the Kepler Mission announced some 1200 planet candidates, of which 160 are giant planet candidates. We have performed a computational investigation into the orbital elements of possible systems of exmoons orbiting a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting between 0.5 - 1.5 AU from a parent star.
A disk of proto-moons was allowed to evolve around the giant planet, which has formed in-situ. While many giant planets will have undergone significant migration, we assume the proto-moon disk was actively supplied from an inflow of gas and solids from the circum-giant planet region (Canup & Ward 2002; 2006). The disk simulated represents the last stage of the disk, after inflow has ceased.
We highlight the locations, masses, radii, and other orbital features of the moons surviving after 250,000 years. This is the first in a series of studies on exomoon formation and evolution, which will provide insight into the probable features and locations of exomoons for the Kepler Mission and planet finding missions.
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