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Tidally Torn: Why the Most Common Stars May Lack Large, Habitable-Zone Moons
Shaan D. Patel, Billy Quarles, Nevin N. Weinberg +1
Earth-like planets in the habitable zone (HZ) of M-dwarfs have recently been targeted in the search for exomoons. We study the stability and lifetime of large (Luna-like) moons, ac…
Can Moons Exist around the Habitable-zone Planet K2-18b?
Shaan D. Patel, Billy Quarles, Manfred Cuntz +1
K2-18b closely orbits a nearby M3 dwarf within its habitable zone, where this planet could be either a super-Earth or a mini-Neptune. Recent studies using transit spectroscopy sugg…
Orbital Stability of Hierarchical 3 and 4-Body Systems with Inclination: Results for Kepler-1625, 1708, and HD 23079
Shaan D. Patel, Billy Quarles, Manfred Cuntz
As the number of potential exomoon candidates grows, there is a heightened motivation of pursing orbital stability analyses. In this work, we provide an in-depth investigation into…
Statistics and Habitability of F-type Star--Planet Systems
Shaan D. Patel, Manfred Cuntz, Nevin N. Weinberg
F-type star--planet systems represent an intriguing case for habitability studies. Although F-type stars spend considerably less time on the main-sequence than G, K, and M-type sta…