A planet in a polar orbit of 1.4 solar-mass star

Guenther EW, Cusano F, Deeg H, Gandolfi D, Geier S, Grziwa S, Heber U, Tal-Or L, Sebastian D, Rodle F (2015)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2015

Journal

EPJ Web of Conferences EDP Sciences: EPJ Open Access / EDP Sciences

Publisher: EDP Sciences

Book Volume: 101

Conference Proceedings Title: EPJ Web of Conferences

Event location: Toulouse FR

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201510102001

Abstract

Although more than a thousand transiting extrasolar planets have been discovered, only very few of them orbit stars that are more massive than the Sun. The discovery of such planets is interesting, because they have formed in disks that are more massive but had a shorter life time than those of solar-like stars. Studies of planets more massive than the Sun thus tell us how the properties of the proto-planetary disks effect the formation of planets. Another aspect that makes these planets interesting is that they have kept their original orbital inclinations. By studying them we can thus find out whether the orbital axes planets are initially aligned to the stars rotational axes, or not. Here we report on the discovery of a planet of a 1.4 solar-mass star with a period of 5.6 days in a polar orbit made by CoRoT. This new planet thus is one of the few known close-in planets orbiting a star that is substantially more massive than the Sun.

Authors with CRIS profile

Ulrich Heber Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Involved external institutions

Tel Aviv University IL Israel (IL) INAF - Osservatorio astronomico di Bologna IT Italy (IT) Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie / Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy DE Germany (DE) European Southern Observatory (ESO) DE Germany (DE) Universität zu Köln DE Germany (DE) Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg (TLS) - Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatorium DE Germany (DE) Universidad de La Laguna ES Spain (ES) Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Guenther, E.W., Cusano, F., Deeg, H., Gandolfi, D., Geier, S., Grziwa, S.,... Rodle, F. (2015). A planet in a polar orbit of 1.4 solar-mass star. In Rafael A. Garcia, Jerome Ballot (Eds.), EPJ Web of Conferences. Toulouse, FR: EDP Sciences.

MLA:

Guenther, E. W., et al. "A planet in a polar orbit of 1.4 solar-mass star." Proceedings of the CoRoT Symposium 3, Kepler KASC-7 Joint Meeting on Space Photometry Revolution, Toulouse Ed. Rafael A. Garcia, Jerome Ballot, EDP Sciences, 2015.

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