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Slow Rotation for the Super-puff Planet Kepler-51d

  • Authors: Caleb Lammers, Joshua N. Winn

Caleb Lammers and Joshua N. Winn 2024 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 977 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 4.

Relationship between oblateness and rotation period for Kepler-51d with different assumed interior structures parameterized by the rotational response coefficient Λ2. The upper x-axis shows the rotation period relative to the breakup period of 17 hr. To conform with the upper limit f  < 0.15, Kepler-51d requires Prot  ≳ 40 hr, corresponding to a rotation speed ≲42% of the breakup speed.

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