Can Terrestrial Planets Form in Hot-Jupiter Systems?

TL;DR

This paper reviews models suggesting terrestrial planets can form in hot-Jupiter systems despite previous doubts, highlighting these systems as promising targets for future Earth-like planet detection missions.

Contribution

It provides a review of formation models and advocates for observational efforts to find terrestrial planets in hot-Jupiter systems.

Findings

Models support terrestrial planet formation in hot-Jupiter systems

Hot-Jupiter systems are promising targets for detecting Earth-sized planets

Challenges previous assumptions about the absence of terrestrial planets in such systems

Abstract

Models of terrestrial planet formation in the presence of a migrating giant planet have challenged the notion that hot-Jupiter systems lack terrestrial planets. We briefly review this issue and suggest that hot-Jupiter systems should be prime targets for future observational missions designed to detect Earth-sized and potentially habitable worlds.