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类地太阳系外行星的平衡自转

On the equilibrium rotation of Earth-like extra-solar planets

Alexandre C. M. Correia, Benjamin Levrard, Jacques Laskar

摘要:

潮汐演化的“类地”太阳系外行星的平衡自转通常被假设与它们的轨道平均运动同步。同样的假设一直存在于水星和金星,直到雷达观测揭示了它们的真实自旋速率。由于这些行星中有许多遵循偏心轨道,并被认为拥有稠密的大气层,我们预计平衡旋转与同步运动不同。在这里,我们提供了一个一般性的描述,允许最终平衡旋转状态的这些行星,并将其应用到已经发现的情况下,质量低于12个地球的质量。在低的结晶度和中等偏心率,它表明,最多有四个不同的平衡的可能性,其中之一可以逆行。由于目前已知的大多数“类地”行星都有偏心轨道,它们的平衡自转不太可能是同步的。

英文摘要:

The equilibrium rotation of tidally evolved "Earth-like" extra-solar planets is often assumed to be synchronous with their orbital mean motion. The same assumption persisted for Mercury and Venus until radar observations revealed their true spin rates. As many of these planets follow eccentric orbits and are believed to host dense atmospheres, we expect the equilibrium rotation to differ from the synchronous motion. Here we provide a general description of the allowed final equilibrium rotation states of these planets, and apply this to already discovered cases in which the mass is lower than twelve Earth-masses. At low obliquity and moderate eccentricity, it is shown that there are at most four distinct equilibrium possibilities, one of which can be retrograde. Because most presently known "Earth-like" planets present eccentric orbits, their equilibrium rotation is unlikely to be synchronous.

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