Kepler-78 and the ultra-short-period planets

JN Winn, R Sanchis-Ojeda, S Rappaport - New Astronomy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Compared to the Earth, the exoplanet Kepler-78b has a similar size (1.2 R⊕) and an orbital
period a thousand times shorter (8.5 h). It is currently the smallest planet for which the mass …

juliet: a versatile modelling tool for transiting and non-transiting exoplanetary systems

N Espinoza, D Kossakowski… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Here we present juliet, a versatile tool for the analysis of transits, radial velocities, or both.
juliet is built over many available tools for the modelling of transits, radial velocities, and …

Revisited mass-radius relations for exoplanets below 120 M⊕

JF Otegi, F Bouchy, R Helled - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2020 - aanda.org
The masses and radii of exoplanets are fundamental quantities needed for their
characterisation. Studying the different populations of exoplanets is important for …

A review of planetary systems around HD 99492, HD 147379, and HD 190007 with HARPS-N

M Stalport, M Cretignier, S Udry, AA John… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The Rocky Planet Search (RPS) program is dedicated to a blind radial velocity (RV)
search of planets around bright stars in the northern hemisphere, using the high-resolution …

GJ 367b: A dense, ultrashort-period sub-Earth planet transiting a nearby red dwarf star

KWF Lam, S Csizmadia, N Astudillo-Defru, X Bonfils… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Ultrashort-period (USP) exoplanets have orbital periods shorter than 1 day. Precise masses
and radii of USP exoplanets could provide constraints on their unknown formation and …

Cold Jupiters and improved masses in 38 Kepler and K2 small planet systems from 3661 HARPS-N radial velocities-No excess of cold Jupiters in small planet …

AS Bonomo, X Dumusque, A Massa, A Mortier… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
The exoplanet population characterized by relatively short orbital periods (P< 100 d) around
solar-type stars is dominated by super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. However, these planets …

K2 and Spitzer phase curves of the rocky ultra-short-period planet K2-141 b hint at a tenuous rock vapor atmosphere

S Zieba, M Zilinskas, L Kreidberg, TG Nguyen… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
K2-141 b is a transiting, small (1.5 R⊕) ultra-short-period (USP) planet discovered by the
Kepler space telescope orbiting a K-dwarf host star every 6.7 h. The planet's high surface …

GJ 1252b: a hot terrestrial super-earth with no atmosphere

IJM Crossfield, M Malik, ML Hill, SR Kane… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In recent years, the discovery of increasing numbers of rocky, terrestrial exoplanets orbiting
nearby stars has drawn increased attention to the possibility of studying these planets' …

Observability of evaporating lava worlds

M Zilinskas, CPA Van Buchem, Y Miguel… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Lava worlds belong to a class of short orbital period planets reaching dayside temperatures
high enough to melt their silicate crust. Theory predicts that the resulting lava oceans outgas …

Homogeneous analysis of hot earths: Masses, sizes, and compositions

F Dai, K Masuda, JN Winn, L Zeng - The Astrophysical Journal, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Terrestrial planets have been found orbiting Sun-like stars with extremely short periods—
some as short as 4 hr. These" ultra-short-period planets" or" hot Earths" are so strongly …