Testing the Titius–Bode law predictions for Kepler multiplanet systems
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Article Title | Testing the Titius–Bode law predictions for Kepler multiplanet systems |
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ERA Journal ID | 1074 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Huang, Chelsea X. (Author) and Bakos, Gaspar A. (Author) |
Journal Title | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Journal Citation | 442 (1), pp. 674-681 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0035-8711 |
1365-2966 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu906 |
Web Address (URL) | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/442/1/674/1253671 |
Abstract | We use three and half years of Kepler long-cadence data to search for the 97 predicted planets of Bovaird & Lineweaver in 56 of the multiplanet systems, based on a general Titius-Bode (TB) relation. Our search yields null results in the majority of systems. We detect five planetary candidates around their predicted periods. We also find an additional transit signal beyond those predicted in these systems. We discuss the possibility that the remaining predicted planets are not detected in the Kepler data due to their non-coplanarity or small sizes. We find that the detection rate is beyond the lower boundary of the expected number of detections, which indicates that the prediction power of the TB relation in general extrasolar planetary systems is questionable. Our analysis of the distribution of the adjacent period ratios of the systems suggests that the general TB relation may overpredict the presence of planet pairs near the 3:2 resonance. |
Keywords | planets and satellites: detection; planets and satellites: general; Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 510109. Stellar astronomy and planetary systems |
Public Notes | This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2014 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
Byline Affiliations | Princeton University, United States |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7257/testing-the-titius-bode-law-predictions-for-kepler-multiplanet-systems
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