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Closely-packed multi-planet systems are known to experience dynamical instability if the spacings between the planets are too small. Such instability can be tempered by the frictional forces acting on the planets from gaseous discs. A…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-07 Jiaru Li , Laetitia Rodet , Dong Lai

This paper explores the intermediate-time dynamics of newly formed solar systems with a focus on possible mechanisms for planetary migration. We consider two limiting corners of the available parameter space -- crowded systems containing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Fred C. Adams , Greg Laughlin

The study of our Solar System -- its formation, evolution, and long-term stability -- has been ongoing for centuries and is now a standard part of scientific education. While the formation of other Solar-like exoplanetary systems is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-14 Václav Pavlík , Steven N. Shore , Vladimír Karas , Matyáš Fuksa

Planets around binary stars and those in multiplanet systems may experience resonant eccentricity excitation and disruption due to perturbations from a distant stellar companion. This "evection resonance" occurs when the apsidal precession…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 Wenrui Xu , Dong Lai

We show that stability of planetary systems is intimately connected with their internal order. An arbitrary initial distribution of planets is susceptible to catastrophic events in which planets either collide or are ejected from the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-08 Rentao Pakter , Yan Levin

Recent discoveries of strongly misaligned transiting exoplanets pose a challenge to the established planet formation theory which assumes planetary systems to form and evolve in isolation. However, the fact that the majority of stars…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-01 Ingo Thies , Pavel Kroupa , Simon P. Goodwin , Dimitris Stamatellos , Anthony P. Whitworth

Many of exoplanetary systems consist of more than one planet and the study of planetary orbits with respect to their long-term stability is very interesting. Furthermore, many exoplanets seem to be locked in a mean-motion resonance (MMR),…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-10 Kyriaki I. Antoniadou

Secular perturbations from binary stars and distant massive planets can drive cold planets onto nearly parabolic orbits with pericenter passages extremely close to their host stars. Meanwhile, short-period super-Earths are frequently…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-22 Xiaochen Zheng , Zhuoya Cao , Shigeru Ida , Douglas N. C. Lin , Shude Mao

Asteroid material is detected in white dwarfs (WDs) as atmospheric pollution by metals, in the form of gas/dust discs, or in photometric transits. Within the current paradigm, minor bodies need to be scattered, most likely by planets, into…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-12 R. F. Maldonado , E. Villaver , A. J. Mustill , M. Chávez , E. Bertone

On timescales that greatly exceed an orbital period, typical planetary orbits evolve in a stochastic yet stable fashion. On even longer timescales, however, planetary orbits can spontaneously transition from bounded to unbound chaotic…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Konstantin Batygin , Alessandro Morbidelli , Mathew J. Holman

The discovery of over 400 extrasolar planets allows us to statistically test our understanding of formation and dynamics of planetary systems via numerical simulations. Traditional N-body simulations of multiple-planet systems without gas…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Soko Matsumura , Edward W. Thommes , Sourav Chatterjee , Frederic A. Rasio

Multi-planetary systems are prevalent in our Galaxy. The long-term stability of such systems may be disrupted if a distant inclined companion excites the eccentricity and inclination of the inner planets via the eccentric Kozai-Lidov…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-11 Lingfeng Wei , Smadar Naoz , Thea Faridani , Will M. Farr

In this letter we consider the evolution of a planetary system around a star inside a wide binary. We simulate numerically the evolution of the planetary orbits for both co-planar and highly-inclined systems. We find that the Kozai…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Daniel Malmberg , Melvyn B. Davies , John E. Chambers

The high-multiplicity exoplanet systems are generally more tightly packed when compared to the solar system. Such compact multi-planet systems are often susceptible to dynamical instability. We investigate the impact of dynamical…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-13 Tuhin Ghosh , Sourav Chatterjee

Atmospheric mass loss is a fundamental phenomenon shaping the structure and evolution of planetary atmospheres. It can engage processes ranging from global interactions with the host star and large-scale hydrodynamic outflows to essentially…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-22 Daria Kubyshkina

Exoplanets are typically thought to form in protoplanetary disks left over from protostellar disk of their newly formed host star. However, additional planetary formation and evolution routes may exist in old evolved binary systems. Here we…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Hagai B. Perets

The dominant mechanism for generating free-floating planets has so far remained elusive. One suggested mechanism is that planets are ejected from planetary systems due to planet-planet interactions. However, instability around a single star…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-25 Cheng Chen , Rebecca G. Martin , Stephen H. Lubow , C. J. Nixon

Recent exoplanet surveys revealed that for solar-type stars, close-in Super-Earths are ubiquitous and many of them are in multi-planet systems. These systems are more compact than the Solar System's terrestrial planets. However, there have…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-04 Haruka Hoshino , Eiichiro Kokubo

Exoplanet detection surveys revealed the existence of numerous multi-planetary systems packed close to their stability limit. In this proceeding, we review the mechanism driving the instability of compact systems, originally published in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-02 Antoine C. Petit