Taxonomy of the Extrasolar Planet

被引:4
作者
Plavalova, Eva [1 ]
机构
[1] Comenius Univ, Dept Astron Earths Phys & Meteorol, Bratislava, Slovakia
关键词
Catalogues; Extrasolar planet; Habitable zone; Planets; SOLAR PLANETS; HARPS SEARCH; MASS PLANETS; SUPER-EARTH; CORALIE; NEPTUNE;
D O I
10.1089/ast.2011.0708
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
When a star is described as a spectral class G2V, we know that the star is similar to our Sun. We know its approximate mass, temperature, age, and size. When working with an extrasolar planet database, it is very useful to have a taxonomy scale (classification) such as, for example, the Harvard classification for stars. The taxonomy has to be easily interpreted and present the most relevant information about extrasolar planets. I propose an extrasolar planet taxonomy scale with four parameters. The first parameter concerns the mass of an extrasolar planet in the form of units of the mass of other known planets, where M represents the mass of Mercury, E that of Earth, N Neptune, and J Jupiter. The second parameter is the planet's distance from its parent star (semimajor axis) described in a logarithm with base 10. The third parameter is the mean Dyson temperature of the extrasolar planet, for which I established four main temperature classes: F represents the Freezing class, W the Water class, G the Gaseous class, and R the Roasters class. I devised one additional class, however: P, the Pulsar class, which concerns extrasolar planets orbiting pulsar stars. The fourth parameter is eccentricity. If the attributes of the surface of the extrasolar planet are known, we are able to establish this additional parameter where t represents a terrestrial planet, g a gaseous planet, and i an ice planet. According to this taxonomy scale, for example, Earth is 1E0W0t, Neptune is 1N1.5F0i, and extrasolar planet 55 Cnc e is 9E-1.8R1.
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