The Diversity of Low-mass Exoplanets Characterized via Transit Timing
Abstract
Transit timing variations (TTV) in multi-transiting systems enables precise characterizations of low-mass planets and their orbits. The range of orbital periods and incident fluxes with detailed TTV constraints complements the radial velocity sample for low-mass planets, pushing exoplanet characterization to the regime sub-Earth size planets and out to Mercury-like distances. This has revealed an astonishing diversity in the density of super-Earth mass planets. We summarize these and other contributions to exoplanet science from TTVs.
- Publication:
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IAU Focus Meeting
- Pub Date:
- October 2016
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2016IAUFM..29A..40J
- Keywords:
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- Dynamics;
- Exoplanets;
- Multi-planet systems