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most citedThe size, shape, density and ring of the dwarf planet Haumea from a stellar occultation

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astro-ph.EP2024★ 6 cited

Planet-star interactions with precise transit timing. IV. Probing the regime of dynamical tides for GK host stars

G. Maciejewski, J. Golonka, M. Fernandez +3

Statistical studies show that stars of GK spectral types, with masses below 1.1 Sun mass, are depleted in hot Jupiters. This finding is evidence of tidal orbital decay during the m…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 23 cited

A hot super-Earth planet in the WASP-84 planetary system

G. Maciejewski, J. Golonka, W. Łoboda +3

Hot Jupiters have been perceived as loners devoid of planetary companions in close orbital proximity. However, recent discoveries based on space-borne precise photometry have revea…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 11 cited

Planet-star interactions with precise transit timing. III. Entering the regime of dynamical tides

G. Maciejewski, M. Fernandez, A. Sota +14

Hot Jupiters on extremely short-period orbits are expected to be unstable to tidal dissipation and spiral toward their host stars. That is because they transfer the angular momentu…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 258 cited

The size, shape, density and ring of the dwarf planet Haumea from a stellar occultation

J. L. Ortiz, P. Santos-Sanz, B. Sicardy +90

Among the four known transneptunian dwarf planets, Haumea is an exotic, very elongated, and fast rotating body. In contrast to the other dwarf planets, its size, shape, albedo, and…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 47 cited

Pluto's lower atmosphere and pressure evolution from ground-based stellar occultations, 1988-2016

E. Meza, B. Sicardy, M. Assafin +167

Context. Pluto's tenuous nitrogen (N2) atmosphere undergoes strong seasonal effects due to high obliquity and orbital eccentricity, and has been recently (July 2015) observed by th…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 15 cited

Transmission spectroscopy of the hot Jupiter TrES-3 b: Disproof of an overly large Rayleigh-like feature

F. Mackebrandt, M. Mallonn, J. M. Ohlert +9

Context. Transit events of extrasolar planets offer the opportunity to study the composition of their atmospheres. Previous work on transmission spectroscopy of the close-in gas gi…