The Net Advance of Physics:
PLANETARY SYSTEMS, PLANETS, and PLANET-LIKE OBJECTS:

ASTRONOMY: PLANET(OID)S:

• General: Introductory:
  • Planetary Science Research Discoveries Research news site. [NASA/University of Hawaii]
  • Planetary Science Websites [LPI]

  • The Origin of the Solar System by Michael Perryman [2011/11]
  • Worlds beyond our own by Priyanka Chaturvedi and Ashok K Singal [Planex Newsletter 4, No. 4, 15 (2014)]

• General: SOLAR SYSTEM;

• General: Perryman 2000/05; Seager 2003/05; Espresate 2005/08; Butler et al. 2006/07;
  • The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopædia edited by Jean Schneider (Paris Observatory)
    • Defining and cataloging exoplanets: The exoplanet.eu database by Jean Schneider et al. [2011/06]
  • A Survey of Multiple Planet Systems by Jason T. Wright [2008/08]
  • International Year of Astronomy Invited Review on Exoplanets by John A. Johnson [2009/03]
  • The physical properties of extrasolar planets by Isabelle Baraffe et al. [Reports on Progress in Physics 73, 016901 (2010)]
  • Observed Properties of Extrasolar Planets by Andrew W. Howard [2013/05]
  • Exoplanets by Michael Perryman [2013/11] American Journal of Physics Resource Letter "Exo-1".
  • The Structure of Exoplanets by David S. Spiegel et al. [2013/12]
  • Exoplanetary Geophysics -- An Emerging Discipline by Gregory Laughlin and Jack J. Lissauer [2015/01]
  • Asteroseismology and Exoplanets: Listening to the Stars and Searching for New Worlds (Proceedings of the IVth Azores International Advanced School in Space Sciences) [2016/07] Note that these are two separate topics studied at the School.
  • Highlights of exoplanetary science from Spitzer by D. Deming and H. Knutson [2020/05]
  • The IAUW working definition of an exoplanet by A. Lecavalier des Etangs and J. J. Lissauer [2022/03]

• General: Observational: Extrasolar:
  • Observational Techniques for Detecting Planets in Binary Systems by Matthew W. Muterspaugh et al. [2007/05]
  • Exoplanets - search methods, discoveries, and prospects for astrobiology by Barrie W. Jones [Int'l J. Astrobiol. 7, 279 (2008)]
  • Adaptive Optics Observations of Exoplanets, Brown Dwarfs, & Binary Stars by Sasha Hinkley [2011/12]
  • Exoplanets by Michael Perryman [2013/11] American Journal of Physics Resource Letter "Exo-1".
  • Advances in exoplanet science from Kepler by Jack J. Lissauer et al. [2014/09]
  • Exoplanet Detection Techniques by Debra A. Fischer et al. [2015/05]
  • The astrophysics of visible-light orbital phase curves in the space age by Avi Shporer [2017/03]
  • Mapping Exoplanets by Nicolas B. Cowan and Yuka Fujii [2017/04]
  • Planet Occurrence: Doppler and Transit Surveys by Joshua N. Winn [2018/01]
  • Characterization of Exoplanets: Secondary Eclipses by Roi Alonso [2018/03]
  • Exoplanet Catalogues by Jessie L. Christiansen [2018/03]
  • Exoplanets: Past, Present, and Future by Chen-Hsiu Lee [2018/04]
  • A Survey of Exoplanetary Detection Techniques by Jason Wei [2018/05]
  • Two Decades of Exoplanetary Science with Adaptive Optics by Gael Chauvin [2018/08]
  • Discovery and Characterization of Kepler-36b by Eric Agol and Joshua A. Carter [New Astronomy Reviews 83, 18 (2018)]
  • Discovery of the First Earth-Sized Planets Orbiting a Star Other than Our Sun (in the Kepler-20 System) by Guillermo Torres and Francois Fressin [2019/05]
  • Highlights of exoplanetary science from Spitzer by D. Deming and H. Knutson [2020/05]
  • A statistical primer on exoplanet detection methods by N. Giertych et al. [2022/05]

• General: Observational: Extrasolar: MICROLENSING: Sackett 98/11; Sackett 2000/11; Rattenbury 2006/04;
  • Microlensing Searches for Planets: Results and Future Prospects by B. Scott Gaudi [2007/11]
  • Exoplanetary Microlensing by B. Scott Gaudi [2010/02]
  • A Visual Guide to Planetary Microlensing by Leslie A. Rogers and Paul L. Schechter [2010/11]
  • Astrophysical Applications of Gravitational Microlensing by Shude Mao [2012/07]
  • Microlensing Searches for Exoplanets by Yiannis Tsapras [Geosciences 8, 365 (2018)]

• General: Observational: Extrasolar: OCCULTATIONS/TRANSITS: Sackett 98/11; Charbonneau 2003/02;
  • Transits and Occultations by Joshua N. Winn [2010/01]
  • Models of [exoplanet] radial velocities and transit light curves by Rodrigo F. Díaz [2016/07]
  • Transit Timing and Duration Variations for the Discovery and Characterization of Exoplanets by Eric Agol and Dan Fabrycky [2017/06]
  • The Rossiter-McLaughlin effect in exoplanet research by Amaury H. M. J. Triaud [2017/09]
  • Planet Occurrence: Doppler and Transit Surveys by Joshua N. Winn [2018/01]
  • Transit Photometry as an Exoplanet Discovery Method by Hans J. Deeg and Roi Alonso [2018/03]
  • How to Find a Planet from Transit Variations by David Nesvorny [2019/05]

• General: Observational: Extrasolar: PHASES:
  • Exoplanet phase curves: observations and theory by Vivien Parmentier and Ian Crossfield [2017/11]

• General: Observational: Extrasolar: RADIAL VELOCITY:
  • Models of [exoplanet] radial velocities and transit light curves by Rodrigo F. Díaz [2016/07]
  • Deriving High-Precision Radial Velocities (of exoplanets) by Pedro Figueira [2016/07]
  • Radial Velocities as an Exoplanet Discovery Method by Jason T. Wright [2017/07]
  • Planet Occurrence: Doppler and Transit Surveys by Joshua N. Winn [2018/01]

• General: Numerical:
  • Synergies between Exoplanet Surveys and Variable Star Research by Geza Kovacs [2016/12]
  • Bayesian Methods for Exoplanet Science by Hannu Parviainen [2017/11]

• Types: ASTEROIDS; BROWN DWARFS; COMETS; GIANT PLANETS; KUIPER-BELT OBJECTS; MINOR PLANETS; PLANETESIMALS;

• Type: DISINTEGRATING:
  • Extrasolar enigmas: From disintegrating exoplanets to exoasteroids by J. Budaj et al. [2020/02]

• Type: FREE-FLOATING:
  • Large Scale Searches for Brown Dwarfs and Free-Floating Planets by Ben Burningham [2018/05]

• Type: HABITABLE:
  • Setting the Stage for Habitable Planets by Guillermo Gonzalez [Life 4, 35 (2014)]
  • Astrophysical Conditions for Planetary Habitability by Manuel Guedel et al. [2014/07]
  • Exoplanetary Atmospheres: Chemistry, Formation Conditions, and Habitibility by Nikku Madhusdhan et al. [2016/04]
  • The Inner Solar System's Habitability Through Time by Anthony D. Del Genio et al. [2018/07]
  • Characterizing Exoplanet Habitability by R. K. Kopparapu et al. [2019/11]

• Type: LAVA WORLDS:
  • Lava worlds: From early Earths to exoplanets by K.-H. Chao et al. [2020/12]

• Type: LOW MASS:
  • The Compositional Diversity of Low-Mass Exoplanets by D. Jontof-Hutter [2019/11]

• Type: ROCKY:
  • Geophysical evolution during rocky-planet formation by T. Lichtenberg et al. [2022/03]

• Type:SUBTERRESTRIAL:
  • Below One Earth Mass: The Detection, Formation, and Properties of Subterrestrial Worlds by Evan Sinukoff et al. [2013/08]

• Type: SUPERTERRESTRIAL:
  • Super-Earths: A New Class of Planetary Bodies by Nader Haghighipour [2011/08]
  • The Formation and Dynamics of Super-Earth Planets by Nader Haghighipour [Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 41, 469 (2013)]
  • Formation of Super-Earths by Hilke E. Schlichting [2018/02]
  • The nature and origin of sub-Neptune size planets by J. L. Bean et al. [2020/10]
  • Super-Earths and Earth-like exoplanets by T. Lichtenberg and Y. Miguel [2024/05]

• Type: TERRESTRIAL: MERCURY; VENUS; EARTH; MARS;

• Type: TERRESTRIAL:
  • New Worlds on the Horizon: Earth-Sized Planets Close to Other Stars by Eric Gaidos et al. [Science 318, 210 (2007)]
  • Earth and Terrestrial Planet Formation by Seth A. Jacobson and Kevin J. Walsh [2015/02]
  • The Delivery of Water During Terrestrial Planet Formation by David P. O'Brien et al. [2018/01]
  • Formation of Terrestrial Planets by Andre Izidoro and Sean N. Raymond [2018/03]
  • Earth as an Exoplanet by Tyler D. Robinson and Christopher T. Reinhard [2018/04]
  • Mercury, Moon, Mars: Surface Expressions of Mantle Convection and Interior Evolution of Stagnant-Lid Bodies by N. Tosi and S. Padovan [2019/12]
  • Super-Earths and Earth-like exoplanets by T. Lichtenberg and Y. Miguel [2024/05]

• Type: WIDE SEPARATION:
  • The demographics of wide-separation planets by B. S. Gaudi [2021/02]

• Specific Planet(oid)s: MERCURY; VENUS; EARTH; LUNA; MARS; ASTEROIDS; JUPITER; SATURN; URANUS; NEPTUNE; PLUTO; KUIPER-BELT OBJECTS;

• Specific Planets: PLANET NINE:
  • The Planet Nine Hypothesis by Konstantin Batyagin et al. [Physics Reports 787, 1 (2019)]

• Regions: ATMOSPHERE:
  • The Atmospheres of Extrasolar Planets by Mark S. Marley [Les Houches 2008/09]
  • Exoplanets - search methods, discoveries, and prospects for astrobiology by Barrie W. Jones [Int'l J. Astrobiol. 7, 279 (2008)]
  • Giant Planet Atmospheres and Spectra by Adam Burrows and Glenn Orton [2009/10]
  • Atmospheric Circulation of Exoplanets by Adam P. Showman et al. [2009/11]
  • Modeling Exoplanetary Atmospheres: An Overview by Jonathan J. Fortney [2017/05]
  • Atmospheric physics and atmospheres of solar-system bodies by Davide Grassi [2017/05]
  • Lightning in Other Planets by Christiane Helling [2019/10]
  • Atmospheric chemistry on Uranus and Neptune by J. I. Moses et al. [2020/06]
  • The upper atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune by H. Melin [2020/09]
  • Atmospheres of rocky exoplanets by R. Wordsworth and L. Kreidberg [2021/12]

• Regions: INTERIORS: Celebonovic 98/12;
  • Frontiers of the physics of dense plasmas and planetary interiors: experiments, theory, applications by J. J. Fortney et al. [2008/04]
  • Giant Planet Interior Structure and Thermal Evolution by Jonathan J. Fortney et al. [2009/11]
  • The Structure of Exoplanets by David S. Spiegel et al. [2013/12]
  • Mercury, Moon, Mars: Surface Expressions of Mantle Convection and Interior Evolution of Stagnant-Lid Bodies by N. Tosi and S. Padovan [2019/12]
  • Exoplanetary interiors by N. Nettelmann and D. Valencia [2021/11]

• ASPECTS: TIDES;

• Aspects: BOWSHOCKS:
  • Planetary Bow Shocks by R. A. Treumann and C. H. Jaroschek [2008/08]

• Aspects: COMPOSITION:
  • 2018 Census of Interstellar, Circumstellar, Extragalactic, Protoplanetary Disk, and Exoplanetary Molecules by Brett A. McGuire [2018/09]

• Aspects: ORBIT:
  • Origin theories for the eccentricities of extrasolar planets by Fathi Namouni [2007/02]
  • State of the Field: Extreme Precision [Exoplanet] Radial Velocities by Debra Fischer et al. [2016/02]

• Aspects: PROTOPLANETARY DISCS: See also: ACCRETION; CIRCUMSTELLAR DISKS; PLANETESIMALS;
  • James Clerk Maxwell and the dynamics of astrophysical discs by Gordon I. Ogilvie [2008/02]
  • Initial Conditions of Planet Formation: Lifetimes of Primordial Disks by Eric E. Mamajek [2009/03]
  • From gas to satellitesimals: disk formation and evolution by Angioletta Coradini et al. [2009/06]
  • Numerical simulations of disc-planet interactions by Richard P. Nelson and Sijme-Jan Paardekooper [2009/06]
  • Planet-disk interaction and orbital evolution by W. Kley and Richard P. Nelson [2012/03]
  • Our astrochemical heritage by Paola Caselli and Cecilia Ceccarelli [2012/10]
  • Planet formation in evolving protoplanetary discs by Richard Alexander [2013/08]
  • Debris Disks: Probing Planet Formation by Mark C. Wyatt [2018/04]
  • The Determination of Protoplanetary Disk Masses by Edwin A. Bergin and Jonathan P. Williams [2018/07]
  • 2018 Census of Interstellar, Circumstellar, Extragalactic, Protoplanetary Disk, and Exoplanetary Molecules by Brett A. McGuire [2018/09]

• Aspects: RADIATION:
  • X-rays from solar system objects by Anil Bhardwaj et al. [Planetary and Space Science 55, 1135 (2007)]

• Aspects: RINGS:
  • Planetary Ring Dynamics: The Streamline Formalism Part One -- From Boltzmann Equation to Celestial Mechanics by Pierre-Yves Longaretti [1992] 106 pp. The Borderies-Goldreich-Tremaine approach.
  • James Clerk Maxwell and the dynamics of astrophysical discs by Gordon I. Ogilvie [2008/02]
  • Planetary Rings by Matthew S. Tiscareno [2011/12]
  • On the Detection of Extrasolar Moons and Rings by René Heller [2017/01]
  • The Origin of Planetary Ring Systems by S. Charnoz et al. [2017/03]
  • The Rings of Jupiter by Imke de Pater et al. [2017/07]
  • Rings in the Solar System: A Short Review by Sébastien Charnoz et al. [2018/05]
  • Special Cases: Moons, Rings, Comets, Trojans by Juan Cabrera et al. [2018/06]
  • The Rings of Neptune by Imke de Pater et al. [2019/06]

• Aspects: SATELLITES: THE MOON;

• Aspects: SATELLITES:
  • Six Hot Topics in Planetary Astronomy by David Jewitt [Lect. Notes Phys. 758, (2008)]
  • From gas to satellitesimals: disk formation and evolution by Angioletta Coradini et al. [2009/06]

• Processes: EVOLUTION:
  • The Fate of Planets by Eva Villaver [2011/01]
  • Planet Population Synthesis by W. Benz et al. [2014/02]
  • Global Models of Planet Formation and Evolution by Christoph Mordasini et al. [2014/06]
  • Formation and evolution of exoplanets in different environments by Vardan Adibekyan [2017/01]
  • Planetary genealogy by C. Burkhardt [2022/03]

• Processes: FORMATION: Introductory:
  • The Origin of the Solar System by Michael Perryman [2011/11]

• Processes: FORMATION:
  • Lecture notes on the formation and early evolution of planetary systems by Philip J. Armitage [Fall 2006]
  • Terrestrial Planet Formation in Extra-Solar Planetary Systems by Sean N. Raymond [2007/10]
  • Initial Conditions of Planet Formation: Lifetimes of Primordial Disks by Eric E. Mamajek [2009/03]
  • Dynamical Models of Terrestrial Planet Formation by Jonathan I. Lunine et al. [2009/06]
  • Giant Planet Formation by Gennaro D'Angelo [2010/06]
  • Understanding exoplanet formation, structure and evolution in 2010 by Gilles Chabrier et al. [2010/12]
  • Building Terrestrial Planets by Alessandro Morbidelli et al. [Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences 40, 251 (2012)]
  • Our astrochemical heritage by Paola Caselli and Cecilia Ceccarelli [2012/10]
  • The formation of planets by disc fragmentation by Dimitris Stamatellos [2013/02]
  • Planet formation in evolving protoplanetary discs by Richard Alexander [2013/08]
  • Architectures of Planetary Systems and Implications for their Formation by Eric B. Ford [2014/04]
  • Global Models of Planet Formation and Evolution by Christoph Mordasini et al. [2014/06]
  • Earth and Terrestrial Planet Formation by Seth A. Jacobson and Kevin J. Walsh [2015/02]
  • Planet formation and disk-planet interactions by Wilhelm Kley [2015/03] 111 pp.
  • Challenges in Planet Formation by Alessandro Morbidelli and Sean N. Raymond [2016/10]
  • Formation and evolution of exoplanets in different environments by Vardan Adibekyan [2017/01]
  • Gravity Defied I : The self-gravitating objects by Sushan Konar [Resonance 22, 225 (2017)] Why small astronomical objects do not collapse into black holes. See also Part II: The failed stars; Part III: White Dwarfs; Part IV: Neutron Stars
  • Formation of Terrestrial Planets by Andre Izidoro and Sean N. Raymond [2018/03]
  • A brief overview of planet formation by Philip J. Armitage [2018/03]
  • Planetary Migration in Protoplanetary Disks by Richard P. Nelson [2018/04]
  • Chemistry During the Gas-Rich Stage of Planet Formation by Edwin A. Bergin and L. Ilsedore Cleeves [2018/07]
  • Cometary Chemistry and the Origin of Icy Solar System Bodies: The View after Rosetta by Kathrin Altwegg et al. [2019/08]
  • The birth environment of planetary systems by R. J. Parker [2020/07]
  • A tale of planet formation: From dust to planets by B. Liu and J. Ji [2020/09]
  • Planet formation by R. Helled and A. Morbidelli [2021/09]
  • Planetary genealogy by C. Burkhardt [2022/03]

• Processes: FORMATION: Re: BINARIES:
  • Planet formation in Binaries by Philippe Thebault and N. Haghighipour [2014/06]

• Processes: FORMATION: Re: BROWN DWARFS:
  • First steps of planet formation around very-low-mass stars and brown dwarfs by P. Pinilla [2022/10]

• Processes: FORMATION: Re: DUST and ISM: Dutkevitch 95/05; Hillenbrand 2002/10;
  • From Grains to Planetesimals by Andrew Youdin [Les Houches 2008]
  • Astrochemistry: overview and challenges by Ewine F. van Dishoeck [2017/10]

• Processes: FORMATION: Re: WATER:
  • The Delivery of Water During Terrestrial Planet Formation by David P. O'Brien et al. [2018/01]

• Processes: MIGRATION:
  • Review: A Coherent and Comprehensive Model of the Evolution of the Outer Solar System by Alessandro Morbidelli [2010/10] i.e. the "Nice Model"
  • Orbital Migration Models under Test by Willy Kley [2011/02]
  • Dynamical evolution of planetary systems by Alessandro Morbidelli [2011/06]
  • Recent developments in planetary migration theory by C. Baruteau and F. Masset [2012/03]
  • Dynamical Evolution of Planetary Systems by Alessandro Morbidelli [2018/03]
  • Planetary Migration in Protoplanetary Disks by Richard P. Nelson [2018/04]

• Re: ASTEROSEISMOLOGY:
  • What do stars tell us about planets? Asteroseismology of exoplanet-host stars by Sylvie Vauclair [Les Houches 2008/09]
  • Pulsating stars harbouring planets by Andres Moya [2011/11]
  • Asteroseismology of Exoplanet Host Stars by Daniel Huber [2015/08]
  • Characterization of Exoplanet Host Stars by Vardan Adibekyan et al. [2016/07]
  • Using asteroseismology to characterise exoplanet host stars by Mia S. Lundkvist et al. [2018/04]

• Re: STARS:
  • Stellar magnetic activity and Star-Planet Interactions by Katja Poppenhaeger [2014/07]
  • Star-Planet Interactions by A. F. Lanza [2014/08]
  • Magnetism and activity of planet-hosting stars by Jason T. Wright and Brendan P. Miller [2015/08]
  • Characterization of Exoplanet Host Stars by Vardan Adibekyan et al. [2016/07]
  • Stellar Coronal and Wind Models: Impact on Exoplanets by A. A. Vidotto [2017/09]

• Re: WATER:
  • Water on The Moon, I. Historical Overview by Arlin Crotts [Astronomical Review 6, 4 (2011)]
  • Water on The Moon, II. Origins & Resources by Arlin Crotts [Astronomical Review 7, 36 (2012)]
  • Water: from clouds to planets by Ewine F. van Dishoeck et al. [2014/01]
  • The Main Belt Comets and Ice in the Solar System by Colin Snodgrass et al. [2017/09]
  • The Delivery of Water During Terrestrial Planet Formation by David P. O'Brien et al. [2018/01]
  • Origin of Earth's Water: Sources and Constraints by K. Meech and S. N. Raymond [2019/12]

THE NET ADVANCE OF PHYSICS