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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…
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The inner edge of the habitable zone for synchronously rotating planets around low-mass stars using general circulation models
Ravi kumar Kopparapu, Eric T. Wolf, Jacob Haqq-Misra +5
Terrestrial planets at the inner edge of the habitable zone of late-K and M-dwarf stars are expected to be in synchronous rotation, as a consequence of strong tidal interactions wi…