Understanding Hot Neptunes in the Era of Exoplanet Transit Surveys
Abstract
Over the last decade, transit surveys, such as NASA's Kepler mission, have revolutionized the study of exoplanets, uncovering entire new planets populations. In particular, Kepler has found an abundant new population of a highly irradiated Neptune and sub-Neptune-sized exoplanets, completely unlike anything found in our own Solar System. Consequently, understanding these planets poses a fundamental test for our models of planet formation and evolution. I will breifly review our current knowledge about the possible origins and compositions of this novel planet population based on data from the Kepler mission and look forward to what we might learn in the era of TESS.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018AGUFM.U34A..03L
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- 3919 Equations of state;
- MINERAL PHYSICSDE: 5799 General or miscellaneous;
- PLANETARY SCIENCES: FLUID PLANETSDE: 6296 Extra-solar planets;
- PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTSDE: 5499 General or miscellaneous;
- PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS