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A sub-Neptunian planet discovered around a G9 star. Published on MNRAS: “K2-263 b: a 50 d period sub-Neptune with a mass measurement using HARPS-N” of A. Mortier (University of St. Andrews)

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The search of exoplanets relies mainly on two techniques: transits and radial velocity. With the former method exoplanets are revealed thanks to small and periodic dimming of the light of stars when their planets orbit across the stellar disk, producing a small eclipse. The method of radial velocity consists in revealing the oscillations of stars around the center of mass

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The first study in the framework of GIARPS rules out the existence of a hot Jupiter. The study: “Multi-band high resolution spectroscopy rules out the hot Jupiter BD+20 1790b. First data from the GIARPS Commissioning” of I. Carleo (INAF – OAPd) recently published on A&A

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Most of the exoplanets identified so far have been discovered by using two techniques: transits and radial velocity. In particular, radial velocity method consists in detecting the oscillations of stars around the center of mass common with their planetary systems by measuring periodic doppler shifts in high-resolution spectra. The main difficulty with this technique is the fact that stellar activity,

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The orbital inclination of 5 exoplanets is presented in teh study “The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG XVI. Measurement of the Rossiter–McLaughlin effect of transiting planetary systems HAT-P-3, HAT-P-12, HAT-P-22, WASP-39, and WASP-60” of L. Mancini (University of Rome Tor Vergata), recently published by A&A

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The discovery of hot Jupiters (Jupiter-like exoplanets in close orbits) has changed our view of planet formation. It is still debated whether hot Jupiters form in the present-day orbits or they form at large distances from their star and then they migrate inward. (e.g. Maldonado et al. 2018).   Planetary migration can be induced by several effects, mainly interaction between

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ARIEL selected as next M4 mission by the ESA Space Programme Committee

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In the last years the number of known exoplanets has grown quickly thanks to missions such as Kepler and CoRoT and instruments such as HARPS-N, mounted on the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, which are designed to identify exoplanets with the method of transits or radial velocity. We have understood now that the presence of exoplanets is a common features in stars

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Stellar activity suppressed by close-in exoplanets. The study “Suppressed Far-UV Stellar Activity and Low Planetary Mass Loss in the WASP-18 System” of L. Fossati (Space Research Institute – Austria) published by AJ

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All the magnetic phenomena occurring in stars, such as flares and spots, are called “stellar activity”. Astronomers study stellar activity using different diagnostics such as X-ray emission from the coronae and spectroscopic indices like the R’HK measuring the chromospheric activity. This is an important research field in stellar astronomy, given that stellar activity is connected to the intensity and morphology

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A new super-Earth discovered thanks to Harps-N. The study “HADES RV Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. GJ 3942 b behind dominant activity signals” of M. Perger published by A&A

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The analysis of radial velocity is one of the two main methods used to detect exoplanets. This method consists in measuring the Doppler effect on stellar spectra deriving the velocity component along the line of sight (the radial velocity). If the star has a planet, they both orbit around the common center of mass,  producing periodic oscillations of the osberved

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Seminari congiunti su esopianeti ed abitabilità di G. Peres e G. Micela

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Il 16 Marzo alle 15:30 presso  l’aula A del Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica dell’Università di Palermo, Via Archirafi 36, IL prof. G. Peres (Specola Universitaria, Dip. di Fisica e Chimica, Univ. degli Studi di Palermo) ed il direttore dell’Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G. Micela (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo “G.S. Vaiana”) terranno due seminari su esopianeti ed abitabilità.  

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