The False Spin of an Exo-Venus

arXiv:2608.06475 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-08-06 · Read on arXiv

Stephen R. Kane

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-08-06

Updated: 2026-08-10

Comments: 12 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Degeneracy — 19× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Core — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Habitable Worlds Observatory — 3× in this paper
• Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers — 2× in this paper
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Habitable Zone — 1× in this paper
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) Mission Concept Study Final Report
• Detection of a spectroscopic transit by the planet orbiting the star HD209458
• Characterizing Earth analogs may require a moderate or high-resolution spectrograph
• The LUVOIR Mission Concept Study Final Report

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