{"id":6856,"date":"2025-07-18T03:49:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T03:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/?post_type=area&#038;p=6856"},"modified":"2025-08-28T16:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:49:14","slug":"planetary-systems","status":"publish","type":"area","link":"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/en\/area\/planetary-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Planetary Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6856\" class=\"elementor elementor-6856\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5498d4 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"f5498d4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0dbfce2\" data-id=\"0dbfce2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b9eeb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b9eeb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Planetary Systems<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a199791 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a199791\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-813bea7\" data-id=\"813bea7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a870ab animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a870ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:700}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From the smallest terrestrial worlds to the largest gas giants, understanding the formation and evolution of planetary systems in the galaxy \u2014 including our own Solar System \u2014 are key to uncovering the origins of life in the Universe. At the IEA, we focus on the <i>Solar System, Mature Planetary Systems, <\/i>and<i> Planet formation and Young Planetary Systems<\/i>. Explore featured projects in each area. \n<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65a5e2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"65a5e2c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-109f023\" data-id=\"109f023\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-312eff3 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"312eff3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:700}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #989898;\"><span style=\"color: #f0e8e8;\">In our research of exoplanetary systems, we are actively involved in the discovery and characterization of individual planets, ranging from the smallest terrestrial worlds to the largest gas giants. In particular, we contribute to the NGTS project, a transit survey conducted in Chile to search for new planets while also confirming and characterizing known ones. Additionally, we lead CHEPS, an initiative that uses the radial-velocity method to search for planets around iron-rich stars, providing insights into how metal-enriched environments influence planet formation.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #989898;\"><span style=\"color: #f0e8e8;\">One of our primary research interests is the direct imaging of exoplanets using advanced adaptive optics techniques. We are also engaged in the search for the first exomoons. While natural satellites are common in our Solar System, no strong exomoon detection has yet been confirmed. Studying the natural satellites of the Solar System provides fundamental clues about its formation and evolution. Similarly, identifying and analyzing exomoons would offer a revolutionary perspective on planet formation scenarios. Our research focuses on detecting satellites of giant exoplanets using direct imaging and radial velocity techniques.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #989898;\"><span style=\"color: #f0e8e8;\">We also utilize space-based instruments such as TESS to confirm new extreme Neptune-like planets, as well as CHEOPS, HST, and JWST to study their atmospheric chemistries, physical processes, and cloud properties. These observations help us better understand planetary structures, formation processes, and evolutionary pathways.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #989898;\"><span style=\"color: #f0e8e8;\">Another major focus of our work is understanding how planets form within the disks of material surrounding young stars. By studying these protoplanetary disks with instruments like ALMA, we probe the structure of the gas and dust that serve as the fundamental building blocks of planets. Our members are involved in several ALMA Large Programs and Open Time proposals aimed at studying the parent disks of forming planets.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #989898;\"><span style=\"color: #f0e8e8;\">Finally, we are deeply invested in understanding the components of our own Solar System and how its various elements formed and evolved. Using a combination of ground-based and space-based facilities\u2014including ALMA, VLT, and JWST\u2014we study small bodies in the Solar System, which represent the primitive building blocks of the major planets. As part of international collaborations, our members have also been actively involved in studying interstellar objects (ISOs) across a wide range of wavelengths and using diverse observational techniques. As these ISOs traverse the Solar System, they offer unprecedented opportunities to examine materials from exoplanetary systems in great detail.<\/span><\/p><p><!-- notionvc: d295aa51-2143-45bd-85c1-7372f210ce40 --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b20bf48 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b20bf48\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8fc407f\" data-id=\"8fc407f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02893a7 ha-card--left ha-card--tablet-top ha-card--mobile-top ha-has-bg-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-ha-card happy-addon ha-card\" data-id=\"02893a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ha-card.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ha-card-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"900\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3I-ATLAS-orbit-July-4-ST.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6965\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3I-ATLAS-orbit-July-4-ST.webp 900w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3I-ATLAS-orbit-July-4-ST-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3I-ATLAS-orbit-July-4-ST-768x421.webp 768w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3I-ATLAS-orbit-July-4-ST-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"ha-card-body\">\n\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ha-card-title\">Solar System<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-card-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>From the icy comets that traverse the Solar System, to Centaurs and Trans-Neptunian Objects at the edges, to interstellar objects - and the rocky meteorites and asteroids in between, we study these relics and fossils of the early Solar System.  These primitive objects hold chemical and dynamical signatures and help trace the origins and processes involved in planetary formation, not just in our own Solar System, but beyond. Our research combines photometry and spectroscopy across the optical, infrared, and sub-millimeter wavelengths, as we trace the composition, structure, and motion of these objects, as well as their role in forming planetary systems.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ha-btn ha-btn--icon-before\" href=\"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/research\/areas\/solar-system\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"ha-btn-icon huge huge-solar-system1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <span class=\"ha-btn-text\">Explore featured projects<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a913132 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a913132\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3a77f3\" data-id=\"c3a77f3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f948bb2 ha-card--right ha-card--tablet-top ha-card--mobile-top ha-has-bg-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-ha-card happy-addon ha-card\" data-id=\"f948bb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ha-card.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ha-card-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"736\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6925\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image.png 736w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pasted-image-15x12.png 15w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"ha-card-body\">\n\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ha-card-title\">Mature Planetary Systems<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-card-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>We hunt for exoplanets and their exomoons - from gas giants to Neptune-like planets with cloudy atmospheres - to characterize and study the physical and structural properties of fully-formed <i>mature <\/i>planetary systems. Our research in this area combines radial-velocity, astrometry, transmission spectroscopy, and advanced statistical models to detect, characterize, and interpret exoplanets and their atmospheres. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ha-btn ha-btn--icon-before\" href=\"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/research\/areas\/mature-planetary-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"ha-btn-icon huge huge-jupiter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <span class=\"ha-btn-text\">Explore featured projects<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d5da558 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d5da558\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0ed7ca\" data-id=\"d0ed7ca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8907ab1 ha-card--left ha-card--tablet-top ha-card--mobile-top ha-has-bg-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-ha-card happy-addon ha-card\" data-id=\"8907ab1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ha-card.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"ha-card-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1748\" height=\"1748\" src=\"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/exoplanet-V960.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6987\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/exoplanet-V960.jpg 1748w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/exoplanet-V960-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/exoplanet-V960-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/exoplanet-V960-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/exoplanet-V960-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/exoplanet-V960-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/exoplanet-V960-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1748px) 100vw, 1748px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"ha-card-body\">\n\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ha-card-title\">Planet formation and Young Planetary Systems<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-card-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>From young stellar objects (YSOs) in nearby molecular clouds to substructures and outflows in protoplanetary disks, we uncover how planets form from the stellar environment they are born in. We study the evolution of disks across different scales and wavelengths \u2014 combining millimeter, near-infrared, and spectroscopic surveys \u2014 to trace the processes of planet formation, accretion, and early dynamical evolution. 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