Tidal Evolution of the Kepler Candidate Two-planet Systems |
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| Authors: | DONG Yao JI Jiang-hui |
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| Institution: | 1. Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008;2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049 |
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| Abstract: | The tidal evolution of ten Kepler candidate two-planet systems is investigated by using the general secular perturbation theory, and then a general picture of tidal evolution for these systems is described. Taking the KOI 1239 system as an example, the tidal effect of the system is studied in detail, the results indicate that the dissipative term of the tidal effect causes the attenuation of planets’ orbital eccentricities, and it plays a dominant role in the process of orbital evolution, however, the conservative term of the tidal effect and the relativistic effect may damp the excitation of the eccentricity of the inner planet under the secular perturbation of the outer planet. In addition, the process of tidal evolution is also affected by both the initial eccentricity of the outer planet and the planet's tidal dissipation coeffcient. At the same time, the numerical simulation on the tidal evolution of the KOI 1239 system is also made, and the numerical results are consistent with those of general secular perturbation theory. |
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| Keywords: | celestial mechanics&mdash methods: analytical&mdash methods: numerical |
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