A Giant Planet Candidate Transiting a White Dwarf

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Vanderburg, Andrew, Rappaport, Saul A, Xu, Siyi, Crossfield, Ian, Becker, Juliette C, Bruce, Gary, Murgas, Felipe, Blouin, Simon, Kaye, Thomas G, Palle, Enric, Melis, Carl, Morris, Brett, Kreidberg, Laura, Gorjian, Varoujan, Morley, Caroline V, Mann, Andrew W, Parviainen, Hannu, Pearce, Logan A, Newton, Elisabeth R, Carrillo, Andreia, Zuckerman, Ben, Nelson, Lorne, Zeimann, Greg, Brown, Warren R, Tronsgaard, René, Klein, Beth, Ricker, George R, Vanderspek, Roland K, Latham, David W, Seager, Sara, Winn, Joshua N, Jenkins, Jon M, Adams, Fred C, Benneke, Björn, Berardo, David, Buchhave, Lars A, Caldwell, Douglas A, Christiansen, Jessie L, Collins, Karen A, Colón, Knicole D, Daylan, Tansu, Doty, John, Doyle, Alexandra E, Dragomir, Diana, Dressing, Courtney, Dufour, Patrick, Fukui, Akihiko, Glidden, Ana, Guerrero, Natalia M, Guo, Xueying, Heng, Kevin, Henriksen, Andreea I, Huang, Chelsea X, Kaltenegger, Lisa, Kane, Stephen R, Lewis, John A, Lissauer, Jack J, Morales, Farisa, Narita, Norio, Pepper, Joshua, Rose, Mark E, Smith, Jeffrey C, Stassun, Keivan G, Yu, Liang
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 15.09.2020
• Subjects: Celestial bodies; Debris; Extrasolar planets; Jupiter; Orbits; Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics; Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; Planetary evolution; Red giant stars; Stellar evolution; Terrestrial planets; Transit; White dwarf stars

Astronomers have discovered thousands of planets outside the solar system, most of which orbit stars that will eventually evolve into red giants and then into white dwarfs. During the red giant phase, any close-orbiting planets will be engulfed by the star, but more distant planets can survive this...