Extrasolar Visions II http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/feed/? Latest topics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:24:02 GMT 10 Extrasolar Visions II http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t137/CrossingStyx/Forum/Title_test5.jpg http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/feed/? Planet around WD+dM binary NN Serpentis? http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/planet-around-wddm-binary-nn-serpentis-t415.htm Edasich
http://exoplanet.eu/star.php?st=NN+Ser

Typo shows period of 7.56 days rather 7.56 years.]]> Extrasolar News and Discoveries Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:00:56 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/planet-around-wddm-binary-nn-serpentis-t415.htm#2716 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/planet-around-wddm-binary-nn-serpentis-t415.htm NuclearVacuum's work http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/nuclearvacuum-s-work-t183.htm NuclearVacuum NuclearVacuum wrote: Here is some of my planetary work Iota Horologii b If anybody remembers me from my time on EVI, then you will know that I was a big fan of the "Sulfur Giant" planet from John's work. So obviously, I would be a hipictate if I didn't make the prototype planet of this class (Iota Horologii b/HR 810 b) look like one. I have given the planet the name Chronos (father time), and a set of Saturn rings. Horizon of Gliese 581 c I was into other ... Worlds Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:25:02 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/nuclearvacuum-s-work-t183.htm#1129 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/nuclearvacuum-s-work-t183.htm Edasich's Work http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/edasich-s-work-t337.htm Edasich I would like to share some (real) exoplanetary systems I have made with Celestia, both popular both recently discovered. Most are Hot SuperEarth planets. Nevermind about names featuring on the top; those are referred as tentative planetary names for a science fiction of my own. I'd like to share, maybe I could think about something at Celestia Motherlode in the future. Perhaps. Here for you: 1) - Corot-exo-7 b (actually I would own a Celestia addon with a 3-planets system) 2) ... Worlds Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:36:02 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/edasich-s-work-t337.htm#2001 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/edasich-s-work-t337.htm Planets around Miras from 2009? http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/planets-around-miras-from-2009-t419.htm Edasich Neglected news Precessing planetary magnetospheres in SiO stars ? First detection of quasi-periodic polarization fluctuations in R Leo and V Cam The origin of magnetism around AGB stars is uncertain. If these stars drive a dynamo, it cannot be sufficient to generate a strong global field, otherwise the observed X-ray luminosities would be higher. Other explanations for the circular polarization of SiO masers in the atmospheres are needed. The interaction of the AGB wind with previously ... Extrasolar News and Discoveries Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:24:02 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/planets-around-miras-from-2009-t419.htm#2809 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/planets-around-miras-from-2009-t419.htm Kepler Results http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/kepler-results-t282.htm Sirius_Alpha Edit: Even though results from Kepler will take a while to come out (for understandable reasons), I feel it's time to make a thread about Kepler results. If nothing else because the Kepler preparation thread isn't covering the spacecraft's preparation anymore... the thing is launched, in space now, and in commissioning. As such, I've moved the post that started with Kepler's "first light" (even though the dust cover is still on for now) and the post after that to this new thread. Now ... Extrasolar News and Discoveries Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:44:39 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/kepler-results-t282.htm#1652 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/kepler-results-t282.htm Planet around Gamma-1 Leonis http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/planet-around-gamma-1-leonis-t418.htm Lazarus Detection of a Planetary Companion around the giant star γ1 Leo

Gamma-1 Leonis is part of the binary system ADS 7724.]]> Extrasolar News and Discoveries Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:17:11 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/planet-around-gamma-1-leonis-t418.htm#2806 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/planet-around-gamma-1-leonis-t418.htm Multiplanet system imaged at HR 8799 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/multiplanet-system-imaged-at-hr-8799-t169.htm Lazarus
(Unfortunately it's probably still embargoed too, until later today it looks like)]]> Extrasolar News and Discoveries Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:41:53 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/multiplanet-system-imaged-at-hr-8799-t169.htm#954 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/multiplanet-system-imaged-at-hr-8799-t169.htm Kepler Channel Noise Problem http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/kepler-channel-noise-problem-t416.htm philw1776 Really BAD news... Kepler, NASA's mission to search for planets around other stars, will not be able to spot an Earth-sized planet until 2011, according to the mission's team. The delays are caused by noisy amplifiers in the telescope's electronics. "We're not going to be able to find Earth-size planets in the habitable zone — or it's going to be very difficult — until that work gets done," says Kepler principal investigator William Borucki. Borucki says that the noise will ... Detection Methods and Projects Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:01:00 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/kepler-channel-noise-problem-t416.htm#2686 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/kepler-channel-noise-problem-t416.htm Another pulsar with strange companion in NGC 6440 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/another-pulsar-with-strange-companion-in-ngc-6440-t417.htm Edasich SWIFT J1756.9-2508, a challenger appears... Discovery of a 205.89 Hz accreting-millisecond X-ray pulsar in the globular cluster NGC 6440 We report the discovery of the second accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar (AMXP) in the globularcluster NGC 6440. Pulsations with a frequency of 205.89 Hz were detected with the Rossi X-RayTiming Explorer on August 30th and October 1st, 2009, during the decay of . 4 days outburst of anewly X-ray transient source in NGC 6440. By studying the Doppler shift ... Extrasolar News and Discoveries Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:28:06 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/another-pulsar-with-strange-companion-in-ngc-6440-t417.htm#2773 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/another-pulsar-with-strange-companion-in-ngc-6440-t417.htm CoRoT Results http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/corot-results-t9.htm Sirius_Alpha This thread will be dedicated to the CoRoT (Convection, Rotation, and planetary Transits) spacecraft, the first spacecraft launch with the ability to seriously look for planets, (as opposed to Hubble which found the SWEEPS candidates, but Hubble isn't quite the most reliable tool for finding exoplanets). A similar thread will be made for Kepler in the future. In May of 2007, the first planet, CoRoT-Exo-1b was announced, and in December of 2007, the second planet was announced. In May of 2008, ... Extrasolar News and Discoveries Thu, 22 May 2008 22:02:59 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/corot-results-t9.htm#11 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/corot-results-t9.htm Possible ecologies in the Jovian atmosphere http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-life-f7/possible-ecologies-in-the-jovian-atmosphere-t414.htm Edasich
Particles, environments and possible ecologies in the Jovian atmosphere]]> Extrasolar Life Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:01:53 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-life-f7/possible-ecologies-in-the-jovian-atmosphere-t414.htm#2708 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-life-f7/possible-ecologies-in-the-jovian-atmosphere-t414.htm Beta pictoris sytem http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/general-questions-f11/beta-pictoris-sytem-t413.htm Stalker Hi I try to make articles on Beta Pictoris, its planets and its discs of material, but it is not easy thing. Indeed I found a lot of very blended information, and I really do not know how to sort out. No information really contradicts other one, but there is so much that I want to ask for your opinion. What is interessant, and what is out-of-date? I make you a flowchart with what I already have succeeds in sorting out. Planet b is the imaged (end transiting?) planet Planets ... General Questions Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:04:15 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/general-questions-f11/beta-pictoris-sytem-t413.htm#2702 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/general-questions-f11/beta-pictoris-sytem-t413.htm Stalker's work http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/stalker-s-work-t354.htm Stalker Software: photoshop CoRoT-7b Habitable planet MOA-192 b Hot super-earth (like 55 cnc e) Ocean planet around M star Rocky planet Another hot super erth Worlds Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:54:29 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/stalker-s-work-t354.htm#2190 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/stalker-s-work-t354.htm Sulfur seas, lakes or rivers in Venus. http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/sulfur-seas-lakes-or-rivers-in-venus-t412.htm Diakonov In a topic in extraterrestrial forum, I talked about the possibility of life on Venus. This time, I'll discuss the possibility of having liquid sulfur (in order to have life there, if possible on a sulfur solution). Venus has an atmosphere rich in sulfur gases and CO2. If there's so many sulfur in the air (clouds of sulfur compounds), then I guess it would be possible to have at least small lakes of sulfur in some areas. I'm guessing that because we only have radar images and such images ... Extrasolar Planetology Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:47:57 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/sulfur-seas-lakes-or-rivers-in-venus-t412.htm#2683 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/sulfur-seas-lakes-or-rivers-in-venus-t412.htm HD 45364: forming a 3:2 resonant system http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-mechanics-f1/hd-45364-forming-a-32-resonant-system-t411.htm Lazarus The Dynamical Origin of the Multi-Planetary System HD45364

Considering the formation of the system and avoiding the capture into a 2:1 resonance, it is predicted that the eccentricities of the two planets around HD 45364 have significantly lower eccentricities than the previously-published orbits. Give it a few years for the orbits to evolve, and this can be tested.]]> Extrasolar Mechanics Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:56:26 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-mechanics-f1/hd-45364-forming-a-32-resonant-system-t411.htm#2681 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-mechanics-f1/hd-45364-forming-a-32-resonant-system-t411.htm ESPRESSO http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/espresso-t410.htm Borislav http://espresso.astro.up.pt/science.php?show=chapter5 5.1 Distribution of GTO time among science cases The Consortium has agreed to conduct the different GTO programs as a common effort, with the following distribution of GTO time among science cases: 80% for low-mass extrasolar planets 10% for fundamental constants 10% for other, high-quality science to be determined at a later stage of the project In the following sections it is assumed that the Consortium will receive ... Detection Methods and Projects Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:04:21 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/espresso-t410.htm#2674 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/espresso-t410.htm Amateur Finds http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/amateur-finds-t408.htm Edasich Premiss: the things I'm going to type here SHOULD NOT break any embargo breach since paper has been published and submitted at ArXiv.org too. Moreover they also should not have a scientific significance since based on few data available and most of results come from approximations. Nevertheless what's come out sounds interesting. Do you remember the paper A Dedicated M Dwarf Planet Search Using The Hobby-Eberly Telescope? The paper talks about detection efficiency of low mass exoplanets ... Worlds Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:23:32 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/amateur-finds-t408.htm#2631 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/amateur-finds-t408.htm Circumbinary planets by RV http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/circumbinary-planets-by-rv-t377.htm Lazarus Don't think this one got posted here... Title: The Radial Velocity TATOOINE Search for Circumbinary Planets: Planet Detection Limits for a Sample of Double-lined Binary Stars - Initial Results from Keck I/Hires, Shane/CAT/Hamspec and TNG/Sarg Observations No planets detected, but two things are impressive here: one, that radial velocity measurements of SB2 spectroscopic binaries can be made sufficiently accurately to detect circumbinary planets, two, that it is possible to come up with ... Detection Methods and Projects Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:37:59 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/circumbinary-planets-by-rv-t377.htm#2397 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/circumbinary-planets-by-rv-t377.htm Significant exoplanet finding announcement on Monday http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/significant-exoplanet-finding-announcement-on-monday-t405.htm Lazarus ESO to hold media conference to discuss significant exoplanet finding On Monday 19 October 2009, astronomers will report at the international ESO/CAUP exoplanet conference in Porto, Portugal, on a significant discovery in the field of exoplanets, obtained with the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, better known as HARPS, the spectrograph for ESO's 3.6-metre telescope. Interestingly enough the SpaceRef version of this has a link to the arXiv paper about the discovery of Gliese ... Extrasolar News and Discoveries Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:13:58 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/significant-exoplanet-finding-announcement-on-monday-t405.htm#2573 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/significant-exoplanet-finding-announcement-on-monday-t405.htm Congratulations to NuclearVacuum http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/congratulations-to-nuclearvacuum-t409.htm Lazarus
Naming the extrasolar planets

I have to say I prefer NV's multi-cultural scheme to the continued promotion of European-centric Latin/classical Greek names favoured by the paper's author though.]]> Worlds Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:30:23 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/congratulations-to-nuclearvacuum-t409.htm#2644 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/congratulations-to-nuclearvacuum-t409.htm Complex life on Europa? http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/complex-life-on-europa-t402.htm Giangore New study suggests that the Jupiter's satellite Europa Could contain in its ocean an elevated concentration of oxigen, that could allow the presence of complex multicelluler life... see the article here http://www.universetoday.com/2009/10/08/europa-capable-of-supporting-life-scientist-says/#more-42303 Great news!! your comment please... News and Discoveries Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:11:08 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/complex-life-on-europa-t402.htm#2557 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/complex-life-on-europa-t402.htm Record photometric precision ground based telescopes http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/record-photometric-precision-ground-based-telescopes-t407.htm Borislav http://www.astro.up.pt/investigacao/conferencias/toe2009/TOE2009_Abstracts_Book.pdf Ground Based Detection of Transiting Hot Earths Christopher J. Burke1 1 Harvard CFA Extrasolar planets that transit bright stars provide the opportunity to measure highly accurate planet radii and to detect and characterize planetary atmospheres outside the solar system. Transit and radial velocity surveys continue to push the envelope toward finding smaller planets. Is it possible to take advantage of ... Detection Methods and Projects Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:24:12 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/record-photometric-precision-ground-based-telescopes-t407.htm#2613 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/record-photometric-precision-ground-based-telescopes-t407.htm H20, CH4, CO2 at HD 209458 b http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/h20-ch4-co2-at-hd-209458-b-t401.htm Sirius_Alpha Water, methane, and carbon dioxide present in the dayside spectrum of the exoplanet HD 209458 b http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0004-637X/704/2/1616 Abstract wrote:ABSTRACT. Using the NICMOS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope, we have measured the dayside spectrum of HD 209458b between 1.5 and 2.5 μm. The emergent spectrum is dominated by features due to the presence of methane (CH4) and water vapor (H2O), with smaller contributions from carbon dioxide (CO2). Combining this near-infrared ... Extrasolar Planetology Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:48:54 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/h20-ch4-co2-at-hd-209458-b-t401.htm#2547 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/h20-ch4-co2-at-hd-209458-b-t401.htm GJ 667C b http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/gj-667c-b-t406.htm lodp
... And gone again ....

Was just short of 6 Earth masses in 7 day orbit]]> Extrasolar News and Discoveries Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:23:49 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/gj-667c-b-t406.htm#2581 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/gj-667c-b-t406.htm Destroying inner planets around giant stars http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-mechanics-f1/destroying-inner-planets-around-giant-stars-t404.htm Lazarus A possible explanation for the lack of close-in planets around intermediate-mass subgiant and giant stars? Apparently, a combination of gas drag from the enhanced stellar wind and stronger tidal effects due to increased depth of the convection zone can cause significant inward migration and perhaps engulfment, without needing to have the star expand all the way to the planet's orbit. Maybe has interesting implications for the planet population around intermediate-mass stars. The Orbital ... Extrasolar Mechanics Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:11:48 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-mechanics-f1/destroying-inner-planets-around-giant-stars-t404.htm#2568 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-mechanics-f1/destroying-inner-planets-around-giant-stars-t404.htm Planet at 30 Arietis B? http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/planet-at-30-arietis-b-t394.htm Edasich
A substellar component orbiting the F-star 30 Arietis B
E. W. Guenther, M. Hartmann, M. Esposito, A. P. Hatzes, F. Cusano, and D. Gandolfi
Accepted: 14 September 2009
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912112
PDF file (1.223 MB)


If someone has access, please notify]]> Extrasolar News and Discoveries Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:04:52 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/planet-at-30-arietis-b-t394.htm#2520 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/planet-at-30-arietis-b-t394.htm Characterisation of HD 114762B http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/characterisation-of-hd-114762b-t403.htm Lazarus The Benchmark Ultracool Subdwarf HD 114762B: A Test of Low-Metallicity Atmospheric and Evolutionary Models

HD 114762A is a low-metallicity star that was discovered to have a massive substellar companion (probably a brown dwarf) in 1989, which has at least 11 Jupiter masses. The secondary star HD 114762B has spectral type d/sdM9, a "mild subdwarf".]]> Extrasolar News and Discoveries Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:43:16 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/characterisation-of-hd-114762b-t403.htm#2559 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/characterisation-of-hd-114762b-t403.htm GJ 876 d IR detection (with failure to detect an atmosphere) http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/gj-876-d-ir-detection-with-failure-to-detect-an-atmosphere-t387.htm Sirius_Alpha On the Method to Infer an Atmosphere on a Tidally Locked Super Earth Exoplanet and Upper Limits to GJ 876d http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0004-637X/703/2/1884 Abstract wrote:We develop a method to infer or rule out the presence of an atmosphere on a tidally locked hot super Earth. The question of atmosphere retention is a fundamental one, especially for planets orbiting M stars due to the star's long-duration active phase and corresponding potential for stellar-induced planetary atmospheric ... Extrasolar News and Discoveries Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:20:23 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/gj-876-d-ir-detection-with-failure-to-detect-an-atmosphere-t387.htm#2477 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/gj-876-d-ir-detection-with-failure-to-detect-an-atmosphere-t387.htm Long-range outward migration http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-mechanics-f1/long-range-outward-migration-t400.htm Sirius_Alpha Long range outward migration of giant planets, with application to Fomalhaut b http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.1004 Abstract wrote:Recent observations of exoplanets by direct imaging, reveal that giant planets orbit at a few dozens to more than a hundred of AU from their central star. The question of the origin of these planets challenges the standard theories of planet formation. We propose a new way of obtaining such far planets, by outward migration of a pair of planets formed in the 10 AU region. ... Extrasolar Mechanics Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:59:32 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-mechanics-f1/long-range-outward-migration-t400.htm#2546 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-mechanics-f1/long-range-outward-migration-t400.htm Losing another planet, having back a low-mass star http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/losing-another-planet-having-back-a-low-mass-star-t389.htm Edasich A long timespan without any discovery, but with several retractions. How sad Hipparcos preliminary astrometric masses for the two close-in companions to HD 131664 and HD 43848. A brown dwarf and a low mass star Context. Several mechanisms for forming brown dwarfs have been proposed, which are today believed not to be mutually exclusive.Among the fundamental characteristics of brown dwarfs which are intrinsically tied to their origin, multiplicity is of particular relevance.Any successful ... Extrasolar News and Discoveries Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:40:01 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/losing-another-planet-having-back-a-low-mass-star-t389.htm#2501 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/losing-another-planet-having-back-a-low-mass-star-t389.htm Far future of exoplanet detection http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/far-future-of-exoplanet-detection-t397.htm Sirius_Alpha An interesting paper, sort of like those computer magazines that you can browse through and think "Oh I wish I had that." The Far Future of Exoplanet Direct Characterization http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.0726 abstract wrote:In this outlook we describe what could be the next steps of the direct characterization of habitable exoplanets after first the medium and large mission projects and investigate the benefits of the spectroscopic and direct imaging approaches. We show that after ... Detection Methods and Projects Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:39:45 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/far-future-of-exoplanet-detection-t397.htm#2527 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/far-future-of-exoplanet-detection-t397.htm Exotic atmosphere for CoRoT-7b predicted http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/exotic-atmosphere-for-corot-7b-predicted-t393.htm exoplanet http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090930165038.htm]]> Extrasolar Planetology Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:22:08 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/exotic-atmosphere-for-corot-7b-predicted-t393.htm#2514 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/exotic-atmosphere-for-corot-7b-predicted-t393.htm Hints of planet formation at EE Cep? http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/hints-of-planet-formation-at-ee-cep-t399.htm Sirius_Alpha Multi-ring structure of the eclipsing disk in EE Cep - possible planets? http://fr.arxiv.org/abs/0910.0432 Abstract wrote:The photometric and spectroscopic observational campaign organized for the 2008/9 eclipse of EE Cep revealed features, which indicate that the eclipsing disk in the EE Cep system has a multi-ring structure. We suggest that the gaps in the disk can be related to the possible planet formation. Extrasolar News and Discoveries Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:16:14 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/hints-of-planet-formation-at-ee-cep-t399.htm#2530 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/hints-of-planet-formation-at-ee-cep-t399.htm Forming the giant planets in a few Myr http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/forming-the-giant-planets-in-a-few-myr-t398.htm Sirius_Alpha Forming Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in Few Million Years by Core Accretion http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.0468 Abstract wrote:Giant planet formation process is still not completely understood. The current most accepted paradigm, the core instability model, explains several observed properties of the solar system's giant planets but, to date, has faced difficulties to account for a formation time shorter than the observational estimates of protoplanetary disks' lifetimes, especially for ... News and Discoveries Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:13:13 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/forming-the-giant-planets-in-a-few-myr-t398.htm#2528 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/forming-the-giant-planets-in-a-few-myr-t398.htm Exoplanet Chemistry http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/exoplanet-chemistry-t396.htm Sirius_Alpha http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.0811

Abstract wrote:The characteristic chemistry of terrestrial planets and, in particular, of giant planets rich and poor in He and H2 are described.
]]> Extrasolar Planetology Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:13:50 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/exoplanet-chemistry-t396.htm#2526 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/exoplanet-chemistry-t396.htm More on EGP spectra http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/more-on-egp-spectra-t395.htm Lazarus Giant Planet Atmospheres and Spectra, discussing effect of various properties on the spectra/clouds of giant planets. For a Jupiter-mass planet at 5 Gyr, water clouds are expected beyond 1.5 AU, ammonia clouds beyond 4.5 AU.]]> Extrasolar Planetology Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:03:45 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/more-on-egp-spectra-t395.htm#2525 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/more-on-egp-spectra-t395.htm Clip about distant future Universe http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/clip-about-distant-future-universe-t382.htm Borislav http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtfqEHAf9Pc]]> Worlds Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:21:15 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/clip-about-distant-future-universe-t382.htm#2435 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/worlds-f12/clip-about-distant-future-universe-t382.htm New Horizons http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/new-horizons-t20.htm Sirius_Alpha ]]> News and Discoveries Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:22:00 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/new-horizons-t20.htm#44 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/new-horizons-t20.htm No inversion layer for TrES-3b http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/no-inversion-layer-for-tres-3b-t392.htm Sirius_Alpha The Broadband Infrared Emission Spectrum of the Exoplanet TrES-3 http://arxiv.org/abs/0909.5221 abstract wrote:We use the Spitzer Space Telescope to estimate the dayside thermal emission of the exoplanet TrES-3 integrated in the 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 micron bandpasses of the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) instrument. We observe two secondary eclipses and find relative eclipse depths of 0.00346 +/- 0.00035, 0.00372 +/- 0.00054, 0.00449 +/- 0.00097, and 0.00475 +/- 0.00046, respectively in the ... Extrasolar Planetology Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:21:41 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/no-inversion-layer-for-tres-3b-t392.htm#2513 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/no-inversion-layer-for-tres-3b-t392.htm Rarity of very long-period exoplanets around FGKM stars http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-mechanics-f1/rarity-of-very-long-period-exoplanets-around-fgkm-stars-t391.htm Sirius_Alpha A Uniform Analysis of 118 Stars with High-Contrast Imaging: Long Period Extrasolar Giant Planets are Rare around Sun-like Stars http://arxiv.org/abs/0909.4531 Abstract wrote:We expand on the results of Nielsen et al. (2008), using the null result for giant extrasolar planets around the 118 target stars from the VLT NACO H and Ks band planet search (Masciadri et al. 2005), the VLT and MMT Simultaneous Differential Imaging (SDI) survey (Biller et al. 2007), and the Gemini Deep Planet Survey ... Extrasolar Mechanics Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:08:45 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-mechanics-f1/rarity-of-very-long-period-exoplanets-around-fgkm-stars-t391.htm#2512 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-mechanics-f1/rarity-of-very-long-period-exoplanets-around-fgkm-stars-t391.htm IAU on confirmation of exoplanet detection http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/iau-on-confirmation-of-exoplanet-detection-t390.htm Phill Three identical occultations or wobble periods?
I couldn't find the IAU weblink for such requirements ]]> Detection Methods and Projects Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:00:31 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/iau-on-confirmation-of-exoplanet-detection-t390.htm#2507 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/detection-methods-and-projects-f4/iau-on-confirmation-of-exoplanet-detection-t390.htm Possible image of an exoplanet next to Beta Pictoris http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/possible-image-of-an-exoplanet-next-to-beta-pictoris-t179.htm Stalker
In french]]> Extrasolar News and Discoveries Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:24:05 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/possible-image-of-an-exoplanet-next-to-beta-pictoris-t179.htm#1043 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/possible-image-of-an-exoplanet-next-to-beta-pictoris-t179.htm Variability in LRLL 31 disk http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/variability-in-lrll-31-disk-t388.htm Sirius_Alpha http://www.universetoday.com/2009/09/23/spitzer-watches-planet-forming-disk-change-quickly/]]> Extrasolar News and Discoveries Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:13:38 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/variability-in-lrll-31-disk-t388.htm#2500 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/variability-in-lrll-31-disk-t388.htm Transit timing analysis of the exoplanets TrES-1 and TrES-2 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/transit-timing-analysis-of-the-exoplanets-tres-1-and-tres-2-t379.htm Edasich Transit timing analysis of the exoplanets TrES-1 and TrES-2 The aim of this work is a detailed analysis of transit light curves from TrES-1 and TrES-2, obtained over a period of three to four years, in order to search for variabilities in observed mid-transit times and to set limits for the presence of additional third bodies. Using the IAC 80cm telescope, we observed transits of TrES-1 and TrES-2 over several years. Based on these new data and previously published work, we studied the observed ... Extrasolar News and Discoveries Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:39:10 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/transit-timing-analysis-of-the-exoplanets-tres-1-and-tres-2-t379.htm#2408 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/transit-timing-analysis-of-the-exoplanets-tres-1-and-tres-2-t379.htm SuperWASP Results http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/superwasp-results-t119.htm Lazarus WASP 10b paper is out. WASP-10b: a 3M_J, eccentric transiting gas-giant planet http://arxiv.org/abs/0806.1482 Abstract wrote:We report the discovery of WASP-10b, a new transiting extrasolar planet (ESP) discovered by the WASP Consortium and confirmed using NOT FIES and SOPHIE radial velocity data. A 3.09 day period, 33 mmag transit depth, and 2.36 hour duration are derived for WASP-10b using WASP and high precision photometric observations. Simultaneous fitting to the photometric and radial ... Extrasolar News and Discoveries Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:46:31 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/superwasp-results-t119.htm#66 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/superwasp-results-t119.htm Many new HARPS discoveries? http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/many-new-harps-discoveries-t13.htm Sirius_Alpha Many new HARPS discoveries. It seems that many new planets from the HARPS instrument can be expected. A four year study of 400 stars seems to have found 45 new candidates. All of them are below Jovian mass, and all of them apparently orbiting F, G, and K stars. If all of these planets have been found around F, G, and K stars, I wonder how many candidates HARPS has around M stars, hmm... And another interesting result, ScienceNews wrote:As many as 30 percent of sunlike stars posess close-in, ... Extrasolar News and Discoveries Sat, 31 May 2008 22:14:15 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/many-new-harps-discoveries-t13.htm#15 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/many-new-harps-discoveries-t13.htm TrES-2 b IR detection http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/tres-2-b-ir-detection-t386.htm Sirius_Alpha Detection of Planetary Emission from the Exoplanet TrES-2 using Spitzer /IRAC http://arxiv.org/abs/0909.3073 Abstract wrote:With the recent torrent of discoveries of new transiting planets, there have been ample candidates for observations using the Spitzer Space Telescope. We present here the results of our observations of TrES-2 using the Infrared Array Camera on Spitzer. We monitored this transiting system during two secondary eclipses, when the planetary emission is blocked by the ... Extrasolar News and Discoveries Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:35:18 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/tres-2-b-ir-detection-t386.htm#2476 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/tres-2-b-ir-detection-t386.htm Planetary spectra http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/planetary-spectra-t385.htm Lazarus This might be of interest... 3 general classes of planetary spectra, "soil", "ice", "gas". Not all spectra get assigned to what you'd expect... Ganymede ends up in the "soil" class for example, despite the surface being icy.

Differentiating between a Venus-like atmosphere and an ice planet is an interesting problem.]]> Extrasolar Planetology Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:44:05 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/planetary-spectra-t385.htm#2470 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-planetology-f5/planetary-spectra-t385.htm collision of two planets http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/collision-of-two-planets-t358.htm Stalker Planet SMASH! A celestial body about the size of our moon collides with a planet roughly the size of Mercury in a new artist's conception. Scientists think a scene like this played out just a few thousand years ago around a young star called HD 172555. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope recently detected the signatures of vaporized and melted rock along with rubble around the star, about a hundred light-years from Earth. Debris from a similar giant impact between Earth and a Mars-size body is ... Extrasolar News and Discoveries Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:16:23 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/collision-of-two-planets-t358.htm#2204 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/extrasolar-news-and-discoveries-f2/collision-of-two-planets-t358.htm Jupiter's Age via Ceres/Vesta crater count http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/jupiter-s-age-via-ceres-vesta-crater-count-t384.htm Sirius_Alpha http://www.universetoday.com/2009/09/13/craters-on-vesta-and-ceres-could-show-jupiters-age/]]> News and Discoveries Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:57:39 GMT http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/jupiter-s-age-via-ceres-vesta-crater-count-t384.htm#2451 http://solar-flux.forumandco.com/news-and-discoveries-f6/jupiter-s-age-via-ceres-vesta-crater-count-t384.htm