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SUMMARY: Transiting extra-solar planets and their host stars: too close fo
 r comfort ? - Frederic Pont (Exeter)
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CONTACT:Dr Geoffroy Lesur
DESCRIPTION:The number of known transiting extra-solar planets has now rea
 ched 40\, enough for stastistical properties to start emerging. Due to the
  nature of the transit method\, these planets all orbit very close to thei
 r parent stars\, so close that tidal forces can be strong enough to modify
  their orbit. After discussing the main characteristics of the present sam
 ple of transiting planets\,  some suggestive indications of the importance
  of tidal effects on their orbital parameters will be presented.\n
LOCATION:MR14\, DAMTP\, Pav. F
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