ARE TIDAL EFFECTS RESPONSIBLE FOR EXOPLANETARY SPIN-ORBIT ALIGNMENT?
The obliquities of planet-hosting stars are clues about the formation of planetary systems. Previous observations led to the hypothesis that for close-in giant planets, spin-orbit alignment is enforced by tidal interactions. Here, we examine two problems with this hypothesis. First, Mazeh and cowork...
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| Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing,
2017-05-11T18:01:06Z.
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