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Autores principales: Lu, Tiger, Li, Gongjie, Cassese, Ben, Lin, Doug
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Publicado: 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.00641
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author Lu, Tiger
Li, Gongjie
Cassese, Ben
Lin, Doug
author_facet Lu, Tiger
Li, Gongjie
Cassese, Ben
Lin, Doug
contents The super-puff HIP-41378 f represents a fascinating puzzle due to its anomalously low density on a far-out orbit in contrast with other known super-puffs. In this work, we explore the hypothesis that HIP-41378 f is not in fact a low-density planet, but rather hosts an opaque ring system. We analyze the dynamical history of the system, and show that convergent migration is necessary to explain the system's long-term stability. We then show that this same migration process plausibly captures HIP-41378 f into spin-orbit resonance and excites the planetary obliquity to high values. This tilts the surrounding ring and is a plausible explanation for the large transit depth. In the end, we also briefly comment on the likelihood of other super-puff planets being in high-obliquity states. We show that the existence of a tilted extensive ring around a high obliquity planet can serve as an explanation for puffy planets, particularly in multi-planetary systems at far distances from their host stars.
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spellingShingle The Dynamical History of HIP-41378 f -- Oblique Exorings Masquerading as a Puffy Planet
Lu, Tiger
Li, Gongjie
Cassese, Ben
Lin, Doug
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
The super-puff HIP-41378 f represents a fascinating puzzle due to its anomalously low density on a far-out orbit in contrast with other known super-puffs. In this work, we explore the hypothesis that HIP-41378 f is not in fact a low-density planet, but rather hosts an opaque ring system. We analyze the dynamical history of the system, and show that convergent migration is necessary to explain the system's long-term stability. We then show that this same migration process plausibly captures HIP-41378 f into spin-orbit resonance and excites the planetary obliquity to high values. This tilts the surrounding ring and is a plausible explanation for the large transit depth. In the end, we also briefly comment on the likelihood of other super-puff planets being in high-obliquity states. We show that the existence of a tilted extensive ring around a high obliquity planet can serve as an explanation for puffy planets, particularly in multi-planetary systems at far distances from their host stars.
title The Dynamical History of HIP-41378 f -- Oblique Exorings Masquerading as a Puffy Planet
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.00641