An intriguing correlation between the masses and periods of the transiting planets

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Abstract

We point out an intriguing relation between the masses of the transiting planets and their orbital periods. For the six currently known transiting planets, the data are consistent with a decreasing linear relation. The other known short-period planets, discovered through radialvelocity techniques, seem to agree with this relation. We briefly speculate about a tentative physical model to explain such a dependence.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)955-957
Number of pages3
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume356
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Jan 2005

Keywords

  • Planetary systems

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