An intriguing correlation between the masses and periods of the transiting planets

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25 November 2004

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0411701

Abstract

We point out an intriguing relation between the masses of the transiting planets and their orbital periods. For the six currently known transiting planets, the data are consistent with a decreasing linear relation. The other known short-period planets, discovered through radial-velocity techniques, seem to agree with this relation. We briefly speculate about a tentative physical model to explain such a dependence.

Keywords

INTRIGUING CORRELATION
VELOCITY TECHNIQUES
INTRIGUING RELATION
TENTATIVE PHYSICAL
MASSES AND PERIODS
TRANSITING PLANETS
ORBITAL

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Version 1, 2004-11-25, ArXiv
Published version: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 356 (3), 955.

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