Formation, habitability, and detection of extrasolar moons.
- R. Heller, D. Williams, J. Zuluaga
- Physics, GeologyAstrobiology
- 26 August 2014
It is shown that natural satellites in the range of 0.1-0.5 Earth mass are potentially habitable, can form within the circumplanetary debris and gas disk or via capture from a binary, and are detectable with current technology.
MAGNETIC SHIELDING OF EXOMOONS BEYOND THE CIRCUMPLANETARY HABITABLE EDGE
- R. Heller, J. Zuluaga
- Physics, Geology
- 3 September 2013
With most planets and planetary candidates detected in the stellar habitable zone (HZ) being super-Earths and gas giants rather than Earth-like planets, we naturally wonder if their moons could be…
Magnetic properties of Proxima Centauri b analogues
- J. Zuluaga, S. Bustamante
- Geology, Physics
- 2 September 2016
The orbit of the Chelyabinsk event impactor as reconstructed from amateur and public footage
- J. Zuluaga, I. Ferrín, Stefan Geens
- Physics, Geology
- 7 March 2013
A ballistic reconstruction of a meteoroid orbit can be made if enough information is available about its trajectory inside the atmosphere. A few methods have been devised in the past and used in…
A NOVEL METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING EXOPLANETARY RINGS
- J. Zuluaga, D. Kipping, Mario Sucerquia, Jaime A. Alvarado
- Physics, Geology
- 27 February 2015
This work describes the method in detail, develops the basic underlying formalism, and test it in the parameter space of rings and transit configuration, discussing the prospects of using this method for the first systematic search of exoplanetary rings in the Kepler database and providing a basic computational code for implementing it.
THE INFLUENCE OF THERMAL EVOLUTION IN THE MAGNETIC PROTECTION OF TERRESTRIAL PLANETS
- J. Zuluaga, S. Bustamante, P. Cuartas, J. Hoyos
- Physics, Geology
- 10 April 2013
Magnetic protection of potentially habitable planets plays a central role in determining their actual habitability and/or the chances of detecting atmospheric biosignatures. Here we develop a thermal…
Ploonets: formation, evolution, and detectability of tidally detached exomoons
- Mario Sucerquia, Jaime A Alvarado-Montes, J. Zuluaga, N. Cuello, C. Giuppone
- Geology, PhysicsMonthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 27 June 2019
Close-in giant planets represent the most significant evidence of planetary migration. If large exomoons form around migrating giant planets which are more stable (e.g. those in the Solar system),…
Circumbinary habitability niches
- P. Mason, J. Zuluaga, P. Cuartas-Restrepo, J. Clark
- PhysicsInternational Journal of Astrobiology
- 21 August 2014
Abstract Binaries could provide the best niches for life in the Galaxy. Although counterintuitive, this assertion follows directly from stellar tidal interaction theory and the evolution of lower…
The role of rotation in the evolution of dynamo-generated magnetic fields in Super Earths
- J. Zuluaga, P. Cuartas-Restrepo
- Physics, Geology
- 4 January 2011
Towards a theoretical determination of the geographical probability distribution of meteoroid impacts on Earth
- J. Zuluaga, Mario Sucerquia
- Geology
- 17 January 2018
Tunguska and Chelyabinsk impact events occurred inside a geographical area of only 3.4\% of the Earth's surface. Although two events hardly constitute a statistically significant demonstration of a…
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