No Giant Planet Pileup Near 1 AU
| Autor: | Sarah E. Dodson-Robinson, Alexander Wise |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
Physics 010308 nuclear & particles physics Semi-major axis Giant planet FOS: Physical sciences Astronomy General Medicine 01 natural sciences Exoplanet Planet 0103 physical sciences Physics::Space Physics Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 10. No inequality 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics |
| Popis: | A pileup near 1~AU in the semimajor axis distribution of giant exoplanets has been visually identified using log-spaced distribution plots. Here we propose that looking for features in a log-spaced semimajor axis distribution of giant planets is problematic. We use the Bayesian Blocks algorithm to analyze the linear-spaced semimajor axis distribution, and find that the apparent pileup is not significant. 3 pages, 1 figure, accepted to RNAAS Feb 8, 2018 |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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