Probing Exoplanetary Rings with Asterodensity Profiling: A PhotoRing Analysis of Kepler-51

arXiv:2609.25234 · astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.IM · Submitted 2026-09-21 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.IM

Submitted: 2026-09-21

Updated: 2026-09-21

Comments: 27 pages, 10 figures, submitted to AJ

Code: https://github.com/seap-udea/aPRe

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

Terminology

• Bayesian Inference — 5× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Degeneracy — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Multibody Asterodensity Profiling — 2× in this paper
• Robustness — 2× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Adaptability — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Wasserstein Distance — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• alpha — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode

Sources

• The Gaia-Kepler-TESS-Host Stellar Properties Catalog: Uniform Physical Parameters for 7993 Host Stars and 9324 Planets
• The James Webb Space Telescope NIRSpec-PRISM Transmission Spectrum of the Super-Puff, Kepler-51d

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