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Disintegrating Rocky Exoplanets

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2019-02-06 v1
Authors: Rik van Lieshout , Saul Rappaport
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Abstract

We discuss a new class of exoplanets that appear to be emitting a tail of dusty effluents. These disintegrating planets are found close to their host stars and have very hot, and likely molten, surfaces. The properties of the dust should provide a direct probe of the constituent material of these rocky bodies.

Keywords

exoplanets planetary science

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@article{arxiv.1708.00633,
  title  = {Disintegrating Rocky Exoplanets},
  author = {Rik van Lieshout and Saul Rappaport},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.00633},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

Invited review. 13 pages, 8 figures, 2 table. Comments welcome

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