An intriguing correlation between the masses and periods of the transiting planets
arXiv:astro-ph/0411701 · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08511.x
Abstract
We point out an intriguing relation between the masses of the transiting planets and their orbital periods. For the six currently known transiting planets, the data are consistent with a decreasing linear relation. The other known short-period planets, discovered through radial-velocity techniques, seem to agree with this relation. We briefly speculate about a tentative physical model to explain such a dependence.
4 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society