2 papers
astro-ph.EP2016
Geostrophic wind induced by latitudinal variation in gravitational acceleration on oblate planets
Jacob Haqq-Misra, Prabal Saxena, Eric T. Wolf +1
The population of known extrasolar planets includes giant and terrestrial planets that closely orbit their host star. Such planets experience significant tidal distortions that can…
astro-ph.EP2014
The Observational Effects and Signatures of Tidally Distorted Solid Exoplanets
Prabal Saxena, Peter Panka, Michael Summers
Our work examines the detectability of tidally distorted solid exoplanets in synchronous rotation. Previous work has shown that tidally distorted shapes of close-in gas giants can…