We provide a brief review of many aspects of the planetary physics of hot Jupiters. Our aim is
to cover most of the major areas of current study while providing the reader with additional …

Astrophysical fluid bodies that orbit close to one another induce tidal distortions and flows
that are subject to dissipative processes. The spin and orbital motions undergo a coupled …

We carried out a Bayesian homogeneous determination of the orbital parameters of 231
transiting giant planets (TGPs) that are alone or have distant companions; we employed …

The mass–period or radius–period distribution of close-in exoplanets shows a paucity of
intermediate mass/size (sub-Jovian) planets with periods≲ 3 d. We show that this sub …

WASP-12b is a transiting hot Jupiter on a 1.09 day orbit around a late-F star. Since the
planet's discovery in 2008, the time interval between transits has been decreasing by 29±2 …

Aims. We report the discovery of very shallow (), periodic dips in the light curve of an active
G9V star observed by the CoRoT satellite, which we interpret as caused by a transiting …

Potentially habitable planets can orbit close enough to their host star that the differential
gravity across their diameters can produce an elongated shape. Frictional forces inside the …

Planet formation is generally described in terms of a system containing the host star and a
protoplanetary disk,–, of which the internal properties (for example, mass and metallicity) …

We report the discovery of HAT-P-16b, a transiting extrasolar planet orbiting the V= 10.8
mag F8 dwarf GSC 2792-01700, with a period P= 2.775960±0.000003 days, transit epoch T …

We discuss our current understanding of the interior structure and thermal evolution of giant
planets. This includes the gas giants, such as Jupiter and Saturn, that are primarily …