一个温和的岩石超级地球穿越附近的凉爽的恒星
Jason A Dittmann1, Jonathan M Irwin1, David Charbonneau1
1Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
Nature
|April 21, 2017
概括
我们发现了一个岩石系外行星LHS 1140b, 这颗附近的超级地球可能保留了大气层, 成为未来大气研究的主要目标.
科学领域:
- 外行星科学
- 恒星天体物理学
- 天体生物学
背景情况:
- 它们是银河系中最常见的恒星.
- 围绕M矮星运行的地球大小的系外行星可以通过传输光谱来进行大气研究.
- 像TRAPPIST-1这样的先前发现已经产生了质量和密度有限的行星.
研究的目的:
- 描述外行星LHS 1140b,重点关注它的质量,组成和轨道参数.
- 评估LHS 1140b在其恒星的液态水可居住区内的潜在可居住性.
- 评估这个星球的大气保留能力.
主要方法:
- 通过光谱观察行星在宿主恒星前经过时.
- 辐射速度测量被用来确定行星的质量.
- 太阳辐射和轨道异常度是为了评估可居住性和形成史而计算的.
主要成果:
- LHS 1140b的半径是地球的1.4倍,质量是地球的6.6倍,这表明它的岩石构成.
- 这个星球的阳光照射量是地球的0.46倍,
- 低轨道偏心 (上限为0.29) 表明轨道可能是原始的.
结论:
- LHS 1140b是一个附近的,可能宜居的超级地球,
- 它的特征表明它可能保留了大气层,使其成为未来大气表征的强有力的目标.
- 接近LHS 1140b的特性使得它成为对外行星研究和寻找地球以外生命的重要发现.
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