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astro-ph.EP2014★ 51 cited
How to determine an exomoon's sense of orbital motion
René Heller, Simon Albrecht
We present two methods to determine an exomoon's sense of orbital motion (SOM), one with respect to the planet's circumstellar orbit and one with respect to the planetary rotation.…
astro-ph.EP2014★ 134 cited
Formation, Habitability, and Detection of Extrasolar Moons
René Heller, Darren Williams, David Kipping +9
The diversity and quantity of moons in the Solar System suggest a manifold population of natural satellites exist around extrasolar planets. Of peculiar interest from an astrobiolo…
astro-ph.EP2014★ 71 cited
Detecting extrasolar moons akin to solar system satellites with an orbital sampling effect
René Heller
Despite years of high accuracy observations, none of the available theoretical techniques has yet allowed the confirmation of a moon beyond the solar system. Methods are currently…