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Insolation pattern and surface temperature on extrasolar planets
Káňová, Michaela ; Běhounková, Marie (advisor) ; Čadek, Ondřej (referee)
We study evolution and distribution of surface and near-surface temperature on tidally locked extrasolar terrestrial planets without atmosphere. In order to determine the temperature, insolation patterns depending on eccentricity, obliquity and spin-orbit resonance are computed and thermal diffusion equation is solved in a spherical shell. We discuss the dependence of temperature distribution on physical and geometrical parameters including orbit eccentricity, obliquity of rotational axis, type of spin-orbital resonance, thermal inertia and irradiance incident on the planetary surface (the extra- solar constant). The mean annual temperature is driven especially by the extrasolar constant and may rise up to thousand of kelvins in the most irradiated regions. Effect of eccentricity, obliquity and thermal inertia, in some cases, is on the scale of hundreds of kelvins.
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Evolution of terrestrial exoplanets
Káňová, Michaela ; Běhounková, Marie (advisor) ; Čadek, Ondřej (referee)
Observations of terrestrial exoplanets provide a unique statistical set that may improve our knowl- edge of their formation, structure as well as internal and orbital evolution. Close-in extrasolar planets are subjected to strong stellar tides, resulting in an extensive dissipation of mechanical energy (tidal heating), long-term orbital evolution and evolution of the rotational frequency. For the exoplanets on eccentric orbits, the traditional tidal theories predict locking into pseudo-synchronous spin states, for which the rotational frequency is slightly higher than the orbital frequency. Such predictions are, how- ever, in contradiction with the observations of moons in the Solar system, and are a consequence of simplified rheological assumptions. Here, we focus on a numerical approach to the tidal evolution of planetary orbit and rotation in a single-planet system, assuming a Maxwell viscoelastic rheology. We find equillibrium spin states, including the spin-orbit resonances, and discuss their connection with the minima of tidal heating. Locking into a spin-orbit resonance results in an irregular insolation pattern and an unequal surface temperature distribution, affecting the internal dynamics of the planet. The second part of the thesis therefore deals with the evaluation of the surface temperature and...
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Evolution of terrestrial exoplanets
Káňová, Michaela ; Běhounková, Marie (advisor) ; Čadek, Ondřej (referee)
Observations of terrestrial exoplanets provide a unique statistical set that may improve our knowl- edge of their formation, structure as well as internal and orbital evolution. Close-in extrasolar planets are subjected to strong stellar tides, resulting in an extensive dissipation of mechanical energy (tidal heating), long-term orbital evolution and evolution of the rotational frequency. For the exoplanets on eccentric orbits, the traditional tidal theories predict locking into pseudo-synchronous spin states, for which the rotational frequency is slightly higher than the orbital frequency. Such predictions are, how- ever, in contradiction with the observations of moons in the Solar system, and are a consequence of simplified rheological assumptions. Here, we focus on a numerical approach to the tidal evolution of planetary orbit and rotation in a single-planet system, assuming a Maxwell viscoelastic rheology. We find equillibrium spin states, including the spin-orbit resonances, and discuss their connection with the minima of tidal heating. Locking into a spin-orbit resonance results in an irregular insolation pattern and an unequal surface temperature distribution, affecting the internal dynamics of the planet. The second part of the thesis therefore deals with the evaluation of the surface temperature and...
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Insolation pattern and surface temperature on extrasolar planets
Káňová, Michaela ; Běhounková, Marie (advisor) ; Čadek, Ondřej (referee)
We study evolution and distribution of surface and near-surface temperature on tidally locked extrasolar terrestrial planets without atmosphere. In order to determine the temperature, insolation patterns depending on eccentricity, obliquity and spin-orbit resonance are computed and thermal diffusion equation is solved in a spherical shell. We discuss the dependence of temperature distribution on physical and geometrical parameters including orbit eccentricity, obliquity of rotational axis, type of spin-orbital resonance, thermal inertia and irradiance incident on the planetary surface (the extra- solar constant). The mean annual temperature is driven especially by the extrasolar constant and may rise up to thousand of kelvins in the most irradiated regions. Effect of eccentricity, obliquity and thermal inertia, in some cases, is on the scale of hundreds of kelvins.
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