Free-floating Planets, Survivor Planets, Captured Planets, and Binary Planets from Stellar Flybys

In star clusters, close stellar encounters can strongly impact the architecture of a planetary system or even destroy it. We present a systematic study of the effects of stellar flybys on two-planet systems. When such a system experiences flybys, one or both planets can be ejected, forming free-floa...

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Main Authors: Fangyuan Yu, Dong Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad4f81