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On the Detectability of Volcanic Exo-Ios That May Fuel Auroras on Super-Jupiters

  • Authors: Brooke Kotten, Mary Anne Limbach, Johanna M. Vos, Merle Schrader, Allison McCarthy, Melodie M. Kao, Mikayla J. Wilson, Andrew Householder, Andrew Skemer, Kevin B. Stevenson, Genaro Suárez, Beth Biller, Jacqueline Faherty, Eileen C. Gonzales, Philip Muirhead

Brooke Kotten et al 2026 The Astronomical Journal 172 .

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Geometric transit probabilities (Ptra,geo, Equation (3)) for SIMP 0136+0933, Jupiter, and TRAPPIST-1, assuming random system inclinations, and SIMP 0136+0933 with a measured inclination (assuming spin–orbit alignment). Over this host-mass range, transit probabilities are generally higher for lower-mass hosts. When the inclination constraint for SIMP 0136+0933 is included, the probabilities increase further, reaching 25%–60% for orbital periods of 10–30 hr, indicating that a substantial fraction of such systems would permit observable transits of short-period satellites. The reference semimajor-axis values correspond to the host mass of SIMP 0136+0933.

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