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Moon-packing around an Earth-mass Planet
Suman Satyal, Billy Quarles, Marialis Rosario-Franco
All 4 giant planets in the Solar System host systems of multiple moons, whereas the terrestrial planets only host up to 2 moons. The Earth can capture small asteroids as temporary…
Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler V: Planet Sample from Q1-Q12 (36 Months)
Jason F. Rowe, Jeffrey L. Coughlin, Victoria Antoci +43
The Kepler mission discovered 2842 exoplanet candidates with 2 years of data. We provide updates to the Kepler planet candidate sample based upon 3 years (Q1-Q12) of data. Through…
Dynamical Evolution of the Earth-Moon Progenitors - Whence Theia?
Billy Quarles, Jack J. Lissauer
We present integrations of a model Solar System with five terrestrial planets (beginning ~30-50 Myr after the formation of primitive Solar System bodies) in order to determine the…
An Earth-sized Planet in the Habitable Zone of a Cool Star
Elisa V. Quintana, Thomas Barclay, Sean N. Raymond +20
The quest for Earth-like planets represents a major focus of current exoplanet research. While planets that are Earth-sized and smaller have been detected, these planets reside in…