# Warm Saturns: On the Nature of Rings around Extrasolar Planets That Reside inside the Ice Line

@article{Schlichting2011WarmSO,
title={Warm Saturns: On the Nature of Rings around Extrasolar Planets That Reside inside the Ice Line},
author={Hilke E. Schlichting and Philip Chang},
journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
year={2011},
volume={734},
pages={117}
}
• Published 2011
• Physics
• The Astrophysical Journal
We discuss the nature of rings that may exist around extrasolar planets. Taking the general properties of rings around the gas giants in the solar system, we infer the likely properties of rings around exoplanets that reside inside the ice line. Due to their proximity to their host star, rings around such exoplanets must primarily consist of rocky materials. However, we find that despite the higher densities of rock compared to ice, most of the observed extrasolar planets with reliable radius… Expand
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