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Planetary Obliquity

Planetary Obliquity is the angular deviation between a planet's rotational axis and the perpendicular to its orbital plane, serving as a key astronomical parameter that governs the distribution and seasonality of stellar insolation across its surface.

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HOT STARS WITH HOT JUPITERS HAVE HIGH OBLIQUITIES

Joshua N. Winn, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Simon Albrecht et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2010 · 744 citations · Full text

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OBLIQUITIES OF HOT JUPITER HOST STARS: EVIDENCE FOR TIDAL INTERACTIONS AND PRIMORDIAL MISALIGNMENTS

Simon Albrecht, Joshua N. Winn, John Asher Johnson et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2012 · 670 citations · Full text

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The chaotic obliquity of the planets

J. Laskar, Philippe Robutel · Nature · 1993 · 489 citations · Full text

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Spin-orbit angle measurements for six southern transiting planets

A. H. M. J. Triaud, A. Collier Cameron, D. Queloz et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2010 · 450 citations · Full text

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Generalized Cassini's Laws

S. J. Peale · The Astronomical Journal · 1969 · 270 citations

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Authors

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  1. JN
    Joshua N. Winn

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    12 publications · 2.6K citations

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  2. SA
    Simon Albrecht

    Aarhus University, Denmark

    7 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. GW
    Geoffrey W. Marcy

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    6 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. AW
    Andrew W. Howard

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    5 publications · 1K citations

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  5. JA
    John Asher Johnson

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    5 publications · 1.8K citations

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Institutions

229

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    20 h-index

    45 publications

    6.4K citations

  2. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    19 h-index

    31 publications

    2.6K citations

  3. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    15 h-index

    22 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    14 h-index

    25 publications

    2.4K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    44 publications

    3.3K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    3.1K citations

  7. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    10 h-index

    16 publications

    719 citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 31 publications · 2.9K citations

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  2. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 25 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    15 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. Icarus

    13 publications · 931 citations

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  5. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    11 publications · 1K citations

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