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Ranges of Atmospheric Mass and Composition of Super‐Earth Exoplanets [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2008 Terrestrial-like exoplanets may obtain atmospheres from three primary sources: Capture of nebular gases, degassing during accretion, and degassing from subsequent tectonic activity. Here we model degassing during accretion to estimate the range of atmospheric mass and composition on exoplanets ranging from 1 to 30 Earth masses. We use bulk compositions
Elkins-Tanton, L., Seager, S.
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Composition of terrestrial exoplanet atmospheres from meteorite outgassing experiments [PDF]
Nature Astronomy, 2021 42 pages, 9 Figures, 2 Tables, 4 Supplementary Figures, 3 Supplementary Tables, published in Nature Astronomy (2021)
Maggie A. Thompson +5 more
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Interpreting the Atmospheric Composition of Exoplanets: Sensitivity to Planet Formation Assumptions [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 Abstract Constraining planet formation based on the atmospheric composition of exoplanets is a fundamental goal of the exoplanet community. Existing studies commonly try to constrain atmospheric abundances, or to analyze what abundance patterns a given description of planet formation predicts.
Paul Mollière +15 more
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The atmospheres of rocky exoplanets [PDF]
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2022 Clouds are an integral part of planetary atmospheres, with most planets hosting clouds. Understanding not only the formation, but also the composition of clouds, is crucial to understand future observations. As observations of the planet’s surface will remain very difficult, it is essential to link the observable high atmosphere gas and cloud ...
O. Herbort +3 more
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Reflected Spectroscopy of Small Exoplanets I: Determining the Atmospheric Composition of Sub-Neptunes Planets [PDF]
The Astronomical Journal, 2021 Abstract Direct imaging of widely separated exoplanets from space will obtain their reflected light spectra and measure their atmospheric properties, and small and temperate planets will be the focus for the next generation of telescopes. In this work, we used our Bayesian retrieval algorithm
Mario Damiano, Renyu Hu
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The influence of bulk composition on the long-term interior-atmosphere evolution of terrestrial exoplanets [PDF]
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2020 Aims.The secondary atmospheres of terrestrial planets form and evolve as a consequence of interaction with the interior over geological time. We aim to quantify the influence of planetary bulk composition on the interior–atmosphere evolution for Earth-sized terrestrial planets to aid in the interpretation of future observations of terrestrial exoplanet
Spaargaren, Rob J +4 more
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Effects of Bulk Composition on the Atmospheric Dynamics on Close-in Exoplanets [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2017 Abstract Super Earths and mini Neptunes likely have a wide range of atmospheric compositions, ranging from low molecular mass atmospheres of H2 to higher molecular atmospheres of water, CO2, N2, or other species. Here we systematically investigate the effects of atmospheric bulk compositions on temperature and wind distributions for ...
Zhang, Xi, Showman, Adam P.
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Atmospheric composition of exoplanets based on the thermal escape of gases and implications for habitability [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2020 The detection of habitable exoplanets is an exciting scientific and technical challenge. Owing to the current and most likely long-lasting impossibility of performing in situ exploration of exoplanets, their study and hypotheses regarding their capability to host life will be based on the restricted low-resolution ...
Samuel Konatham +2 more
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A better characterization of the chemical composition of exoplanets atmospheres with ARIEL [PDF]
Experimental Astronomy, 2018 Since the discovery of the first extrasolar planet more than twenty years ago, we have discovered nearly four thousand planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. Current observational instruments (on board the Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer, and on ground-based facilities) have allowed the scientific community to obtain important information on the ...
Venot, Olivia +5 more
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Exoplanet albedo spectra and colors as a function of planet phase, separation, and metallicity [PDF]
, 2010 First generation optical coronagraphic telescopes will obtain images of cool gas and ice giant exoplanets around nearby stars. The albedo spectra of exoplanets at planet-star separations larger than about 1 AU are dominated by reflected light to beyond 1
Ackerman +58 more
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