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Composition of Massive Giant Planets
Ravit Helled, Peter Bodenheimer, Jack J. Lissauer
The two current models for giant planet formation are core accretion and disk instability. We discuss the core masses and overall planetary enrichment in heavy elements predicted b…
Modeling Kepler transit light curves as false positives: Rejection of blend scenarios for Kepler-9, and validation of Kepler-9d, a super-Earth-size planet in a multiple system
Guillermo Torres, François Fressin, Natalie M. Batalha +26
Light curves from the Kepler Mission contain valuable information on the nature of the phenomena producing the transit-like signals. To assist in exploring the possibility that the…
Characteristics of Kepler Planetary Candidates Based on the First Data Set: The Majority are Found to be Neptune-Size and Smaller
William J. Borucki
In the spring of 2009, the Kepler Mission commenced high-precision photometry on nearly 156,000 stars to determine the frequency and characteristics of small exoplanets, conduct a…
Giant Planet Formation
Gennaro D'Angelo, Richard H. Durisen, Jack J. Lissauer
Gas giant planets play a fundamental role in shaping the orbital architecture of planetary systems and in affecting the delivery of volatile materials to terrestrial planets in the…
Five Kepler target stars that show multiple transiting exoplanet candidates
Jason H. Steffen, Natalie M. Batalha, William J. Borucki +27
We present and discuss five candidate exoplanetary systems identified with the Kepler spacecraft. These five systems show transits from multiple exoplanet candidates. Should these…
Exchange of ejecta between Telesto and Calypso: Tadpoles, horseshoes, and passing orbits
Anthony R. Dobrovolskis, Jose' Luis Alvarellos, Kevin J. Zahnle +1
We have numerically integrated the orbits of ejecta from Telesto and Calypso, the two small Trojan companions of Saturn's major satellite Tethys. Ejecta were launched with speeds c…