Astronomers do not have a complete picture of the effects of wide-binary companions (semimajor axes greater than 100 au) on the formation and evolution of...
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PublicaciónA Possible Alignment Between the Orbits of Planetary Systems and their Visual Binary Companions
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NoticiaDescubren la danza sincronizada de un sistema de seis planetas
Una colaboración internacional, en la que participa el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), halla un sistema planetario de seis exoplanetas que orbitan...
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NoticiaDescubren un planeta en formación alrededor de la cercana y joven estrella AU Mic
Un equipo internacional de científicos, en el que participa el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), ha descubierto un planeta del tamaño de Neptuno que...
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PublicaciónEvidence for Low-level Dynamical Excitation in Near-resonant Exoplanet Systems
The geometries of near-resonant planetary systems offer a relatively pristine window into the initial conditions of exoplanet systems. Given that near-resonant...
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PublicaciónHyades Member K2-136c: The Smallest Planet in an Open Cluster with a Precisely Measured Mass
K2-136 is a late-K dwarf (0.742 ± 0.039 M ⊙) in the Hyades open cluster with three known, transiting planets and an age of 650 ± 70 Myr. Analyzing K2 photometry...
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PublicaciónJoint Analysis of Multicolor Photometry: A New Approach to Constrain the Nature of Multiple-star Systems Hosting Exoplanet Candidates
We present a new method to assess the properties of transiting planet candidates by multicolor photometry. By analyzing multicolor transit/eclipse light curves...
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PublicaciónLimits on the Spin-Orbit Angle and Atmospheric Escape for the 22 Myr Old Planet AU Mic b
We obtained spectra of the pre-main-sequence star AU Microscopii during a transit of its Neptune-sized planet to investigate its orbit and atmosphere. We used...
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PublicaciónThe TESS-Keck Survey. II. An Ultra-short-period Rocky Planet and Its Siblings Transiting the Galactic Thick-disk Star TOI-561
We report the discovery of TOI-561, a multiplanet system in the galactic thick disk that contains a rocky, ultra-short-period planet. This bright (V = 10.2)...
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NoticiaUn estudio confirma que los "mundos de agua" podrían ser tan abundantes como los terrestres
Una investigación liderada por la Universidad de Chicago y el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) revela la existencia de una abundante población de...