Abstract
Moon formation and orbital evolution in extrasolar planetary systems - A literature review
Highlights
Before deciding which, if any, transiting planets should be investigated for moons, the following question needs to be considered: “What mass, radius and orbital parameters are the largest moons of a given planet likely to have?”
Informed by a review of large moons in our Solar System, the constraints resulting from moon formation and orbital evolution will be discussed in turn and collated into a summary of likely moon properties
We begin our discussion of likely moon properties by summarizing the properties of moons in the Solar System
Summary
If any, transiting planets should be investigated for moons, the following question needs to be considered: “What mass, radius and orbital parameters are the largest moons of a given planet likely to have?”. This question can be addressed by considering the processes by which moons form, and their orbits subsequently evolve. Informed by a review of large moons in our Solar System, the constraints resulting from moon formation and orbital evolution will be discussed in turn and collated into a summary of likely moon properties
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