Estimations of orbital parameters of exoplanets from transit photometry by using dynamical constraints |
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Authors: | Zsolt Sándor |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Astronomy, E?tv?s University, Pázmány Péter stny. 1/A, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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Abstract: | The probability of the detection of Earth-like exoplanets may increase in the near future after the launch of the space missions using the transit photometry as observation method. By using this technique only the semi-major axis of the detected planet can be determined, and there will be no information on the upper limit of its orbital eccentricity. However, the orbital eccentricity is a very important parameter, not only from a dynamical point of view, since it gives also information on the climate and the habitability of the Earth-like planets. In this paper a possible procedure is suggested for confining the eccentricity of an exoplanet discovered by transit photometry if an already known giant planet orbits also in the system. |
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Keywords: | Exoplanets Planetary transit Three-body problem Stability Chaos detection |
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