The tidal heating of the exoplanet 55 Cnc e. The role of the orbital eccentricity
arXiv:2504.17585 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202554427
Abstract
Context. Observations with warm Spitzer and JWST revealed high and variable brightness in the planet 55 Cnc e. Aims. Inventory of the tidal effects on the rotational and orbital evolution of the planet 55 Cnc e enhanced by the nonzero orbital eccentricity. Methods. The creep-tide theory is used in simulations and dynamical analyses that explore the difficult trapping of the planet rotation in a 3:2 spin-orbit resonance and the most probable synchronization of the rotation. Results. The strong tidal dissipation of energy, enhanced by the non-zero orbital eccentricity, may explain the observed brightness anomalies. However, the strong dissipation should also circularize the orbit. The observed non-zero eccentricity, if true, would indicate that an unknown planet in a close orbital resonance with 55 Cnc e perturbing the motion of this planet should exist.
arXiv commentPublished in Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters. Version with late corrections
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