A giant exoplanet orbiting a very-low-mass star challenges planet formation models
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Surveys have shown that super-Earth and Neptune-mass exoplanets are more frequent than gas giants around low-mass stars, as predicted by the core accretion theory of planet formation. We report the discovery of a giant planet around the very-low-mass star GJ 3512, as determined by optical and near-infrared radial-velocity observations. The planet has a minimum mass of 0.46 Jupiter masses, very high for such a small host star, and an eccentric 204-day orbit. Dynamical models show that the high eccentricity is most likely due to planet-planet interactions. We use simulations to demonstrate that the GJ 3512 planetary system challenges generally accepted formation theories, and that it puts constraints on the planet accretion and migration rates. Disk instabilities may be more efficient in forming planets than previously thought.
DOI: 10.48350/178646
Authors: Morales, J. C., Mustill, A. J., Ribas, I., Davies, M. B., Reiners, A., Bauer, F. F., Kossakowski, D., Herrero, E., Rodríguez, E., López-González, M. J., Rodríguez-López, C., Béjar, V. J. S., González-Cuesta, L., Luque, R., Pallé, E., Perger, M., Baroch, D., Johansen, A., Klahr, H., Mordasini, Christoph, Anglada-Escudé, G., Caballero, J. A., Cortés-Contreras, M., Dreizler, S., Lafarga, M., Nagel, E., Passegger, V. M., Reffert, S., Rosich, A., Schweitzer, A., Tal-Or, L., Trifonov, T., Zechmeister, M., Quirrenbach, A., Amado, P. J., Guenther, E. W., Hagen, H.-J., Henning, T., Jeffers, S. V., Kaminski, A., Kürster, M., Montes, D., Seifert, W., Abellán, F. J., Abril, M., Aceituno, J., Aceituno, F. J., Alonso-Floriano, F. J., Ammler-von Eiff, M., Antona, R., Arroyo-Torres, B., Azzaro, M., Barrado, D., Becerril-Jarque, S., Benítez, D., Berdiñas, Z. M., Bergond, G., Brinkmöller, M., del Burgo, C., Burn, Remo, Calvo-Ortega, R., Cano, J., Cárdenas, M. C., Guillén, C. Cardona, Carro, J., Casal, E., Casanova, V., Casasayas-Barris, N., Chaturvedi, P., Cifuentes, C., Claret, A., Colomé, J., Czesla, S., Díez-Alonso, E., Dorda, R., Emsenhuber, Alexandre, Fernández, M., Fernández-Martín, A., Ferro, I. M., Fuhrmeister, B., Galadí-Enríquez, D., Cava, I. Gallardo, Vargas, M. L. García, Garcia-Piquer, A., Gesa, L., González-Álvarez, E., Hernández, J. I. González, González-Peinado, R., Guàrdia, J., Guijarro, A., de Guindos, E., Hatzes, A. P., Hauschildt, P. H., Hedrosa, R. P., Hermelo, I., Arabi, R. Hernández, Otero, F. Hernández, Hintz, D., Holgado, G., Huber, A., Huke, P., Johnson, E. N., de Juan, E., Kehr, M., Kemmer, J., Kim, M., Klüter, J., Klutsch, A., Labarga, F., Labiche, N., Lalitha, S., Lampón, M., Lara, L. M., Launhardt, R., Lázaro, F. J., Lizon, J.-L., Llamas, M., Lodieu, N., López del Fresno, M., Salas, J. F. López, López-Santiago, J., Madinabeitia, H. Magán, Mall, U., Mancini, L., Mandel, H., Marfil, E., Molina, J. A. Marín, Martín, E. L., Martín-Fernández, P., Martín-Ruiz, S., Martínez-Rodríguez, H., Marvin, C. J., Mirabet, E., Moya, A., Naranjo, V., Nelson, R. P., Nortmann, L., Nowak, G., Ofir, A., Pascual, J., Pavlov, A., Pedraz, S., Medialdea, D. Pérez, Pérez-Calpena, A., Perryman, M. A. C., Rabaza, O., Ballesta, A. Ramón, Rebolo, R., Redondo, P., Rix, H.-W., Rodler, F., Trinidad, A. Rodríguez, Sabotta, S., Sadegi, S., Salz, M., Sánchez-Blanco, E., Carrasco, M. A. Sánchez, Sánchez-López, A., Sanz-Forcada, J., Sarkis, P., Sarmiento, L. F., Schäfer, S., Schlecker, M., Schmitt, J. H. M. M., Schöfer, P., Solano, E., Sota, A., Stahl, O., Stock, S., Stuber, T., Stürmer, J., Suárez, J. C., Tabernero, H. M., Tulloch, S. M., Veredas, G., Vico-Linares, J. I., Vilardell, F., Wagner, K., Winkler, J., Wolthoff, V., Yan, F., Osorio, M. R. Zapatero
Institutions: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institute of Space Sciences, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Lund University, University of Göttingen, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Universidad de La Laguna, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, University of Bern, Queen Mary University of London, European Space Agency, European Space Astronomy Centre, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Centro de Astrobiología, Universität Hamburg, Heidelberg University, Tel Aviv University, Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universitat de València, Calar Alto Observatory, Leiden University, Leiden Observatory, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, University of Chile, National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, Universidad de Oviedo, University of Arizona, Instituto Geográfico Nacional, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, University of Tübingen, European Southern Observatory, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, International Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies "Eduardo R. Caianiello", National Institute for Astrophysics, University of Pittsburgh, Aarhus University, University of Birmingham, Weizmann Institute of Science, University College Dublin, Universidad de Granada, European Southern Observatory, University of Chicago, University of Sheffield
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3099447803