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地球サイズの系外惑星の岩石組成です
Andrew W Howard1, Roberto Sanchis-Ojeda, Geoffrey W Marcy
1Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
Nature
|November 1, 2013
まとめ
研究者は,ドップラー光譜を用いて,地球サイズの系外惑星ケプラー-78bの質量を測定した. その密度は地球の密度に似ており,岩石の組成を示唆し,系外惑星の多様性についての洞察を提供します.
科学分野:
- 惑星外科学とは,惑星外科学です.
- 星の天体物理学 星の天体物理学
- 惑星のダイナミクス
背景:
- 超地球とミニ海王星 (地球半径1-4度) は,太陽のような星の周りに一般的です.
- トランジット光度測定は,系外惑星の大きさを判別するが,質量や密度は判別しない.
- 質量測定は,系外惑星の組成を推論する上で極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 地球サイズの系外惑星ケプラー-78b.の質量と密度を測定する.
- ケプラー-78bの組成を決定する.
- 質量密度研究を小さな系外惑星に拡大する.
主な方法:
- ドップラー光譜を用いて,ケプラー-78bの重力による放射速度変化を測定した.
- トランジットデータから,半径 (1.20 ± 0.09 地球半径) を以前に決定した組み合わせた質量測定.
- 惑星の平均密度を計算した.
主要な成果:
- ケプラー-78bの質量は地球質量1.69 ±0.41である.
- 計算された平均密度は5.3 ± 1.8 g/cm3である.
- この密度は地球の密度に匹敵する.
結論:
- ケプラー-78bは,地球に似た岩と鉄で構成されている可能性が高い.
- この研究は,地球サイズの系外惑星を特徴づける可能性を示しています.
- この発見は,惑星の組成の多様性を理解するのに役立つ.
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