Alignment of the stellar spin with the orbits of a three-planet system

Alignment of the stellar spin with the orbits of a three-planet system

The Sun’s equator and the planets’ orbital planes are nearly aligned, which is presumably a consequence of their formation from a single spinning gaseous disk. For exoplanetary systems this well-aligned configuration is not guaranteed: dynamical interactions may tilt planetary orbits, or stars may b...

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Main Authors: Sanchis Ojeda, Roberto, Fabrycky, Daniel C., Winn, Joshua Nathan, Barclay, Thomas, Clarke, Bruce D., Ford, Eric B., Fortney, Jonathan J., Geary, John C., Holman, Matthew J., Howard, Andrew W., Jenkins, Jon M., Koch, David, Lissauer, Jack J., Marcy, Geoffrey W., Mullally, Fergal, Ragozzine, Darin, Seader, Shawn E., Still, Martin, Thompson, Susan E.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76773
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4265-047X

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