Special Cases: Moons, Rings, Comets, and Trojans

2018/01/01 by Juan Cabrera, María Fernández Jiménez, Maria Fernandez Jimenez +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrobiology #Astronomy #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Exoplanet #Physics #Planet #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.EP

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55333-7_158

Invited review (status August 2017)

openalex publication_date 2018/01/01 · arxiv created 2018/06/26 · arxiv updated 2019/02/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Non-planetary bodies provide valuable insight into our current under- standing of planetary formation and evolution. Although these objects are challeng- ing to detect and characterize, the potential information to be drawn from them has motivated various searches through a number of techniques. Here, we briefly review the current status in the search of moons, rings, comets, and trojans in exoplanet systems and suggest what future discoveries may occur in the near future.

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