Heating of the Atmospheres of Short-orbit Exoplanets by Their Rapid Orbital Motion through an Extreme Space Environment

Exoplanets with short orbit periods reside very close to their host stars. They transition very rapidly between different sectors of the circumstellar space environment along their orbit, leading to large variations of the magnetic field in the vicinity of the planet on short timescales. This rapid...

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Main Authors: Ofer Cohen, Alex Glocer, Cecilia Garraffo, Julián D. Alvarado-Gómez, Jeremy J. Drake, Kristina Monsch, Farah Fauth Puigdomenech
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/ad206a