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The Astronomical JournalThe present-day bulk elemental composition of an exoplanet can provide insight into a planet’s formation and evolutionary history. Such information is now being measured for dozens of planets with state-of-the-art facilities using Bayesian atmosphere ...
Joshua D. Lothringer +2 more
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Conclusive Evidence for a Population of Water Worlds around M Dwarfs Remains Elusive
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023 The population of small, close-in exoplanets is bifurcated into super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. We calculate physically motivated mass–radius relations for sub-Neptunes, with rocky cores and H/He-dominated atmospheres, accounting for their thermal ...
James G. Rogers +2 more
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Spectral Retrieval with JWST Photometric data: a Case Study for HIP 65426 b
The Astronomical Journal, 2023 Half of the JWST high-contrast imaging objects will only have photometric data as of Cycle 2. However, to better understand their atmospheric chemistry that informs formation origin, spectroscopic data are preferred.
Ji Wang
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A Radiative-convective Model for Terrestrial Planets with Self-consistent Patchy Clouds
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 Clouds are ubiquitous: they arise for every solar system planet that possesses an atmosphere and have also been suggested as a leading mechanism for obscuring spectral features in exoplanet observations.
James D. Windsor +5 more
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The Astronomical Journal, 2023 TOI-270 d is a temperate sub-Neptune discovered by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) around a bright ( J = 9.1 mag) M3V host star. With an approximate radius of 2 R _⊕ and equilibrium temperature of 350 K, TOI-270 d is one of the most ...
Thomas Mikal-Evans +8 more
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The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023 Studies of exoplanetary atmospheres have found no definite correlations between observed high-altitude aerosols and other system parameters. This could be, in part, because of the lack of homogeneous exoplanet samples for which specific parameters can be
Chima D. McGruder +3 more
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The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023 Recently, the first JWST measurement of thermal emission from a rocky exoplanet was reported. The inferred dayside brightness temperature of TRAPPIST-1 b at 15 μ m is consistent with the planet having no atmosphere and therefore no mechanism by which to ...
Jegug Ih +3 more
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Simultaneous characterization of the atmospheres, surfaces, and exomoons of nearby rocky exoplanets
Earth and Planetary Physics, 2018 Atmospheric composition is an important indicator of habitability and life. The presence or absence of a large exomoon around an Earth-size exoplanet could have important consequences for planet climate stability.
WenLiang Cui +6 more
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Atmospheric C/O Ratios of Sub-Neptunes with Magma Oceans: Homemade rather than Inherited
The Astrophysical Journal LettersRecently, the James Webb Space Telescope has enabled detailed spectroscopic characterization of sub-Neptune atmospheres. With detections of carbon- and oxygen-bearing species such as CO, CO _2 , CH _4 , and H _2 O, a central question is whether the ...
Aaron Werlen +4 more
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Sub-Neptunes Are Drier than They Seem: Rethinking the Origins of Water-rich Worlds
The Astrophysical Journal LettersRecent claims of biosignature gases in sub-Neptune atmospheres have renewed interest in water-rich sub-Neptunes with surface oceans, often referred to as Hycean planets. These planets are hypothesized to form beyond the snow line, accreting large amounts
Aaron Werlen +5 more
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