Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21340305b&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #403.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.194
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
While the majority of planets found close to their star (a < 0.1 AU) have circular orbits, there are many examples, including several transiting planets, that have large eccentricities (e > 0.1). Large eccentricities lead to variations in the dayside stellar heating that, in some cases, force a planet's atmosphere through significant thermal and chemical changes during an orbital period. Such changes may impact the global redistribution of absorbed stellar energy across the atmosphere and perhaps alter a planet's cooling evolution. Concentrations of important atmospheric opacity sources, including molecular species and clouds, may also change during an orbital period leading to interesting phase-dependent photometric and spectroscopic properties. Time-dependence as a function of wavelength may provide insight into the thermal and chemical structure of atmospheric depths probed by different bandpasses. This poster focuses on several important and observationally accessible eccentric planets.
Barman Travis S.
Hansen Brad M. S.
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