<p>According to the paper <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.06278" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.06278</a>, the &quot;James Webb Space Telescope should be able to constrain the obliquities of nearby warm Jupiters to be small (if &lt;=10degrees) or to directly measure them if significantly non-zero (&gt;=30degrees) using the technique of eclipse mapping.&quot;</p>
<p>As of 2024 the axial tilt of 4 exoplanets have been measured with one of them VHS 1256 b having a Uranus like tilt of 90 degrees +- 25 degrees. <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.02672" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.02672</a></p>

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<p>Some directly imaged exoplanets have had their rotation measured but has the axial tilt of any exoplanet been measured? If not, when might we get the first measurement of axial tilt of an exoplanet?</p>

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# Axial tilt of exoplanets

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-06-19)

Some directly imaged exoplanets have had their rotation measured but has the axial tilt of any exoplanet been measured? If not, when might we get the first measurement of axial tilt of an exoplanet?

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### Answer by username_0 on 2021-06-20. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

According to the paper <https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.06278>, the "James Webb Space Telescope should be able to constrain the obliquities of nearby warm Jupiters to be small (if <=10degrees) or to directly measure them if significantly non-zero (>=30degrees) using the technique of eclipse mapping."

As of 2024 the axial tilt of 4 exoplanets have been measured with one of them VHS 1256 b having a Uranus like tilt of 90 degrees +- 25 degrees. <https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.02672>


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