The Mysterious Inspiral of WASP-12b: Why Obliquity Tides Cannot Drive Orbital Decay

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-09-10

Updated: 2026-09-10

Comments: 9 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJL

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

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