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Table 3
Summary of the parameters used to compute the exoplanet detectability.
| Parameter | Units | Description | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| d | pc | Distance to the star | |
| a | AU | Orbital semi-major axis | |
| P | days | Orbital period | Used to compute a through Kepler’s third law, if not available in the NASA Archive. |
| R⋆ | R⊙ | Stellar radius | |
| M⋆ | M⊙ | Stellar mass | Used to compute a through Kepler’s third law. |
| T⋆ | K | Stellar effective temperature | Used to compute Teq through Eq. (14). |
| Teq | K | Planet equilibrium temperature | |
| Rp | RJ | Planet radius | |
| Mp | MJ | Planet mass | Used to compute Rp through Mp-Rp relationships, if not available in the input catalogue |
| i | deg | Orbital inclination | If unknown, we draw the value from a uniform distribution cos i ∈ [−1, 1] |
| ωp | deg | Argument of periastron | If unknown, we draw the value from a uniform distribution ωp ∈ [0, 2π]. |
| e | − | Orbital eccentricity | If unknown, we draw the value from a uniform distribution e ∈ [0, 1). |
Notes. In our computations we have considered the uncertainties of all these parameters as explained in Sect. 4.5.
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