Formation of ultra-short-period planets by obliquity-driven tidal runaway

SC Millholland, C Spalding - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Small, rocky planets have been found orbiting in extreme proximity to their host stars,
sometimes down to only∼ 2 stellar radii. These ultra-short-period planets (USPs) likely did …

High-eccentricity Migration with Disk-induced Spin–Orbit Misalignment: A Preference for Perpendicular Hot Jupiters

M Vick, Y Su, D Lai - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
High-eccentricity migration is a likely formation mechanism for many observed hot Jupiters,
particularly those with a large misalignment between the stellar spin axis and orbital angular …

Evolution of Planetary Obliquity: The Eccentric Kozai–Lidov Mechanism Coupled with Tide

X Huang, J Ji, S Liu, R Dong… - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Planetary obliquity plays a significant role in determining the physical properties of planetary
surfaces and climate. As direct detection is constrained due to the present observation …

Self-consistent spin, tidal, and dynamical equations of motion in the REBOUNDx framework

T Lu, H Rein, D Tamayo, S Hadden… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We introduce self-consistent spin, tidal, and dynamical equations of motion into REBOUNDx,
a library of additional effects for the popular N-body integrator REBOUND. The equations of …

An aligned orbit for the young planet V1298 Tau b

MC Johnson, TJ David, EA Petigura… - The Astronomical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The alignment of planetary orbits with respect to the stellar rotation preserves information on
their dynamical histories. Measuring this angle for young planets helps illuminate the …

Oblique rings from migrating exomoons: A possible origin for long-period exoplanets with enlarged radii

M Saillenfest, S Sulis, P Charpentier… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The extremely low density of several long-period exoplanets in mature systems is
still unexplained-with HIP 41378 f being archetypical of this category. It has been proposed …

Slowly rotating close binary stars in Cassini states

C Felce, J Fuller - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Recent asteroseismic measurements have revealed a small population of stars in close
binaries, containing primaries with extremely slow rotation rates. Such stars defy the …

Dynamics of Colombo's top: tidal dissipation and resonance capture, with applications to oblique super-Earths, ultra-short-period planets and inspiraling hot Jupiters

Y Su, D Lai - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We present a comprehensive theoretical study on the spin evolution of a planet under the
combined effects of tidal dissipation and gravitational perturbation from an external …

Leaning Sideways: VHS 1256− 1257 b is a Super-Jupiter with a Uranus-like Obliquity

M Poon, ML Bryan, H Rein, CV Morley… - The Astronomical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We constrain the angular momentum architecture of VHS J125601. 92-125723.9, a 140±20
Myr old hierarchical triple system composed of a low-mass binary and a widely separated …

Tilting Uranus via the migration of an ancient satellite

M Saillenfest, Z Rogoszinski, G Lari, K Baillié… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. The 98° obliquity of Uranus is commonly attributed to giant impacts that occurred at
the end of the planetary formation. This picture, however, is not devoid of weaknesses. Aims …