Tidal Dissipation in WASP-12

WASP-12 is a hot Jupiter system with an orbital period of P = 1.1 days, making it one of the shortest-period giant planets known. Recent transit timing observations by Maciejewski et al. and Patra et al. found a decreasing period with = 3.2 Myr. This has been interpreted as evidence of either orbita...

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Main Authors: Sung, Men, Arras, Phil, Essick, Reed Clasey, Weinberg, Nevin N.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Published: American Astronomical Society 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114967
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