Characterising WASP-43b’s interior structure: Unveiling tidal decay and apsidal motion

Published:
18 February 2025.

Authors:
L. M. Bernabò, Sz. Csizmadia, A. M. S. Smith, J.-V. Harre, Sz. Kálmán, J. Cabrera, H. Rauer, D. Gandolfi, L. Pino, D. Ehrenreich and A. Hatzes

Summary:
The authors used a long line of observations of hot Jupiter exoplanet WASP-43b to measured the tidal decay rate and apsidal precession rate. The aim is to constrain its love number in order to further characterize its internal structure.

Here you can find the link to the paper on arXiv and here from the Journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.