Mass – Radius Relationship in Extrasolar Planets

• Author(s): Santana, M. ; Santos, N. ; Bezzeghoud, Mourad ; Caldeira, Bento
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/3682
• Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora
• Subject(s): Extrasolar planets; mass - radius relationship
• Document Type: Lecture
• Language: English

Description

The increasing number of Extrasolar planets observed in the last years makes important to define, as soon as possible, a mass – radius relationship, and so, we adjusted an planetary constitution independent experimental equation. Using the latest database of Extrasolar planets, a bi-logarithmic graphic was plotted that represents the mass - radius relationship where we adjusted a polynomial equation, which better suited the sample of Extrasolar planets at current time.