Direct Imaging Detectability of Tidally Heated ExoMoons

Direct Imaging Detectability of Tidally Heated ExoMoons (THEM)

Existing and planned ground and space based telescopes are capable of directly imaging plausible tidally heated exomoons orbiting gas-giant exoplanets.

Direct detectability of tidally heated exomoons by photometric orbital ...

Conclusions. This method enlarges the parameter space of detectable exomoons around isolated planetary mass objects and directly imaged exoplanets, as it is ...

[1209.4418] On the Direct Imaging of Tidally Heated Exomoons - arXiv

Tidally heated exomoons may thus be far easier targets for direct imaging studies than giant exoplanets which must be both young and at a large ...

Direct detectability of tidally heated exomoons by photometric orbital ...

(Conclusions) This method enlarges the parameter space of detectable exomoons around isolated planetary mass objects and directly imaged ...

Direct detectability of tidally heated exomoons by photometric orbital ...

Exomoon detection methods around DI exoplanets include direct imaging of an unresolved satellite, planet radial velocity measurements, planet astrometry, and ...

Detectability of Tidally Heated Exomoons Using Direct Imaging ...

We determine the capability of ground and space-based observatories, both existing and planned, to directly image tidally heated exomoons orbiting ...

ON THE DIRECT IMAGING OF TIDALLY HEATED EXOMOONS

We demonstrate the ability of existing and planned telescopes, on the ground and in space, to directly image tidally heated exomoons orbiting gas-giant ...

Direct Imaging Detectability of Tidally Heated ExoMoons (THEM)

Direct Imaging Detectability of Tidally Heated ExoMoons (THEM). Edwin L. Turner1,2 and Mary Anne Peters1,3. 1. Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton ...

Direct detectability of tidally heated exomoons by photometric orbital ...

Aims. We investigate whether volcanic exomoons can be detected in thermal wavelength light curves due to their phase variability along their orbit.

ON THE DIRECT IMAGING OF TIDALLY HEATED EXOMOONS

In Section 3 we discuss discovery space constraints and determine the detection limits and observability of THEMs with existing and future.

On the Direct Imaging of Tidally Heated Exomoons - ResearchGate

We demonstrate the ability of existing and planned telescopes, on the ground and in space, to directly image tidally heated exomoons orbiting gas-giant ...

ON THE DIRECT IMAGING OF TIDALLY HEATED EXOMOONS ...

We demonstrate the ability of existing and planned telescopes, on the ground and in space, to directly image tidally heated exomoons orbiting gas-giant ...

Direct detectability of tidally heated exomoons by photometric orbital ...

Conclusions . This method enlarges the parameter space of detectable exomoons around isolated planetary mass objects and directly imaged ...

Exomoons | Matthew A. Kenworthy

The light curve of a tidally locked exomoon with a volcano on the exoplanet facing side, and the detectability rate for a tidally locked exomoon ...

Direct detectability of tidally heated exomoons by photometric orbital ...

The method we use is based on the photometric signal variability that volcanic features or hotspots would cause in infrared (IR) wavelengths, when they are ...

on the direct imaging of tidally heated exomoons - Semantic Scholar

We demonstrate the ability of existing and planned telescopes, on the ground and in space, to directly image tidally heated exomoons ...

Exomoons: A Direct Imaging Possibility - Centauri Dreams

For one thing, a tidally heated moon may remain hot and bright for the lifetime of its star, making it visible in solar systems both old and ...

ON THE DIRECT IMAGING OF TIDALLY HEATED EXOMOONS - OUCI

ABSTRACT We demonstrate the ability of existing and planned telescopes, on the ground and in space, to directly image tidally heated exomoons orbiting ...

Tidally heated exomoons around ϵ Eridani b

direct imaging observations of exo-Ios. We define an exo-Io as an exomoon ... surface temperatures, and the possible detection of THEMs via direct imaging.

Exomoon detection via photometric signal variability due to surface ...

We explore the conditions under which this periodicity is detectable in thermal IR lightcurves of BD and directly imaged exoplanets with 2 MIRI/ ...