Very interesting paper by Blunt+ on “Evidence for a Peak at ~0.3 in the Eccentricity Distribution of Typical Super-Jovian Exoplanets” showing this e for planets between 0.1 and 4.5 au. Giant impacts, scattering with super-Jovians? #exoplanets #astrodon #astrosci @blunt-comma-s.bsky.social

Three histograms showing the eccentricity versus count of planets for three mass ranges. Smaller Jovians have a decay from e=0.0, brown dwarfs have a flat eccentricity distribution, and the super-Jovians have a distinct peak at e of around 0.3
Matthew Kenworthy @kenworthy