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Characterizing Distant Worlds with Asterodensity Profiling
David M. Kipping
Eclipsing systems, such as transiting exoplanets, allow one to measure the mean stellar density of the host star under various idealized assumptions. Asterodensity Profiling (AP) c…
Parametrizing the exoplanet eccentricity distribution with the Beta distribution
David M. Kipping
It is suggested that the distribution of orbital eccentricities for extrasolar planets is well-described by the Beta distribution. Several properties of the Beta distribution make…
A simple, quantitative method to infer the minimum atmospheric height of small exoplanets
David M. Kipping, David S. Spiegel, Dimitar D. Sasselov
Amongst the many hundreds of transiting planet candidates discovered by the Kepler Mission, one finds a large number of candidates with sizes between that of the Earth and Neptune.…
The Hunt for Exomoons with Kepler (HEK): III. The First Search for an Exomoon around a Habitable-Zone Planet
David M. Kipping, Duncan Forgan, Joel Hartman +4
Kepler-22b is the first transiting planet to have been detected in the habitable-zone of its host star. At 2.4 Earth radii, Kepler-22b is too large to be considered an Earth-analog…
Dynamical Effects on the Habitable Zone for Earth-like Exomoons
Duncan Forgan, David Kipping
With the detection of extrasolar moons (exomoons) on the horizon, it is important to consider their potential for habitability. If we consider the circumstellar Habitable Zone (HZ,…
KOI-142, the King of Transit Variations, is a Pair of Planets near the 2:1 Resonance
David Nesvorny, David Kipping, Dirk Terrell +3
The Transit Timing Variations (TTVs) can be used as a diagnostic of gravitational interactions between planets in a multi-planet system. Many Kepler Objects of Interest (KOIs) exhi…
The Hunt for Exomoons with Kepler (HEK): II. Analysis of Seven Viable Satellite-Hosting Planet Candidates
David M. Kipping, Joel Hartman, Lars A. Buchhave +3
From the list of 2321 transiting planet candidates announced by the Kepler Mission, we select seven targets with favorable properties for the capacity to dynamically maintain an ex…