• DOI:10.3847/1538-3881/ab5300
Corpus ID: 202719280

Improved Analysis of Clarke Exobelt Detectability

@article{Sallmen2019ImprovedAO,
  title={Improved Analysis of Clarke Exobelt Detectability},
  author={S. Sallmen and E. Korpela and K. Crawford-Taylor},
  journal={arXiv: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics},
  year={2019}
}

S. Sallmen, E. Korpela, K. Crawford-Taylor

Published 2019

Geology, Physics

arXiv: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

We analyze the potential transit light curve effects due to a Clarke belt of satellites around an exoplanet. Building on code and analysis from Korpela, Sallmen, & Leystra Greene (2015), we refine the transit analysis of Socas-Navarro (2018) by incorporating limb-darkening and taking an observer-centered approach to examining residuals. These considerations make Clarke exobelt detectability more difficult than previous estimates. We also consider practical dynamical issues for exobelts… CONTINUE READING

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