On the relative sizes of planets within kepler multiple-candidate systems
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Article Title | On the relative sizes of planets within kepler multiple-candidate systems |
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ERA Journal ID | 1057 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Ciardi, David R. (Author), Fabrycky, Daniel C. (Author), Ford, Eric B. (Author), Gautier, T. N. (Author), Howell, Steve B. (Author), Lissauer, Jack J. (Author), Ragozzine, Darin (Author) and Rowe, Jason F. (Author) |
Journal Title | The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics |
Journal Citation | 763 (1), pp. 41-52 |
Article Number | 41 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2013 |
Publisher | IOP Publishing |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0004-637X |
1538-4357 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/763/1/41 |
Web Address (URL) | http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/763/1/41 |
Abstract | We present a study of the relative sizes of planets within the multiple-candidate systems discovered with the Kepler mission. We have compared the size of each planet to the size of every other planet within a given planetary system after correcting the sample for detection and geometric biases. We find that for planet pairs for which one or both objects are approximately Neptune-sized or larger, the larger planet is most often the planet with the longer period. No such size-location correlation is seen for pairs of planets when both planets are smaller than Neptune. Specifically, if at least one planet in a planet pair has a radius of ≳ 3 R⊕, 68% ± 6% of the planet pairs have the inner planet smaller than the outer planet, while no preferred sequential ordering of the planets is observed if both planets in a pair are smaller than ≲ 3 R⊕. |
Keywords | planetary systems; Kepler multiple-candidate systems; planet pairs |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 510109. Stellar astronomy and planetary systems |
Public Notes | For access to this article, please click on the URL link provided. |
Byline Affiliations | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States |
University of California, United States | |
University of Florida, United States | |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States | |
NASA Ames Research Center, United States | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4319/on-the-relative-sizes-of-planets-within-kepler-multiple-candidate-systems
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