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A Cross‐Correlation Method to Evaluate Wind Retrieval Accuracy on Mars Using Simulated Microwave Limb Sounder Observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract While aspects such as the temperature and composition of the Martian atmosphere are relatively well known thanks to observations from numerous space missions, Martian atmospheric dynamics remain poorly constrained due to the scarcity of direct wind measurements. The use of microwave limb sounders to retrieve winds has been proposed in the past,
S. Jurado‐Fortuna, F. González‐Galindo, D. Shulyak, L. M. Lara   +3 more
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Flow Regimes in Hot Jupiter Atmospheres: Insights from Anelastic Models

The Astrophysical Journal
Hot Jupiters are Jupiter-sized exoplanets with close-in orbits, characterized by extreme day–night temperature contrasts due to synchronous rotation.
Wieland Dietrich, Johannes Wicht
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Types of Gaseous Envelopes of "Hot Jupiter" Exoplanets

, 2013
As a rule, the orbital velocities of "hot Jupiters," i.e., exoplanets with masses comparable to the mass of Jupiter and orbital semi-major axes less than 0.1 AU, are supersonic relative to the stellar wind, resulting in the formation of a bow shock.
Bisikalo, D. V., Ionov, D. E., Kaigorodov, P. V., Shematovich, V. I   +3 more
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Formation of Asteroid (16) Psyche by a Giant Impact

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract Asteroid (16) Psyche is the largest likely metal‐rich asteroid in the Solar System and the target of the NASA Psyche mission. The mission aims to determine whether the asteroid is the core of a differentiated planetesimal that lost its mantle via a giant impact.
Saverio Cambioni, Benjamin P. Weiss, Namya Baijal, Robert Melikyan, Erik Asphaug, John B. Biersteker, Richard P. Binzel, William F. Bottke, Samuel W. Courville, Linda T. Elkins‐Tanton, David J. Lawrence, José M. G. Merayo, Carol A. Raymond, Mark A. Wieczorek, Maria T. Zuber   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eclipse Mapping with MIRI: 2D Map of HD 189733b from 8 μm JWST MIRI LRS Observations

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Observations and models of transiting hot Jupiter exoplanets indicate that atmospheric circulation features may cause large spatial flux contrasts across their daysides.
Maura Lally, Ryan C. Challener, Nikole K. Lewis, Julie Inglis, Tiffany Kataria, Heather A. Knutson, Brian M. Kilpatrick, Natasha E. Batalha, Paul Bonney, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Trevor Foote, Gregory W. Henry, David K. Sing, Kevin B. Stevenson, Hannah R. Wakeford, Robert T. Zellem   +15 more
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Cation Disorder of Mg2SiO4 ${\text{Mg}}_{\mathbf{2}}{\text{SiO}}_{\mathbf{4}}$ in Super‐Earth Mantles

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 52, Issue 24, 28 December 2025.
Abstract Understanding the mineralogy of exoplanets is essential for unraveling their interior structures, dynamics, and evolution. For large super‐Earths, the post‐post spinel Mg2SiO4 ${\text{Mg}}_{2}{\text{SiO}}_{4}$, one of the major mantle phases, may undergo the order‐disorder transition (ODT) at high temperatures.
Donghao Zheng, Yifan Li, Yihang Peng, Rushi Gong, Zi‐Kui Liu, Jie Deng   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Super-Earths: A New Class of Planetary Bodies

, 2011
Super-Earths, a class of planetary bodies with masses ranging from a few Earth-masses to slightly smaller than Uranus, have recently found a special place in the exoplanetary science.
Armitage P. J., Christensen U. R., Clubb K., Dobrovolskis A. R., Fogg M. J., Ford E.B., Goldreich P., Haghighipour N., Haghighipour N., Hatzes A.P., Heng K., Michael S., Nader Haghighipour, Safronov V. S., Smoluchowski M. V., Sotin C., Stamenkovic V., Stamenkovic V., Steffen J. H., Swift D. C., Tackley P. J., Weidenschilling S. J.   +21 more
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Earth-like Exoplanets in Spin–Orbit Resonances: Climate Dynamics, 3D Atmospheric Chemistry, and Observational Signatures

The Planetary Science Journal
Abstract Terrestrial exoplanets around M- and K-type stars are important targets for atmospheric characterization. Such planets are likely tidally locked with the order of spin–orbit resonances (SORs) depending on eccentricity. We explore the impact of SORs on 3D atmospheric dynamics and chemistry, employing a 3D coupled climate ...
Braam, Marrick, Palmer, Paul I., Decin, Leen, Mayne, Nathan J., Manners, James, Rugheimer, Sarah   +5 more
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The Spin Zone: Synchronously and Asynchronously Rotating Land Planets Have Spectral Differences in Transmission

The Planetary Science Journal
New observational facilities are beginning to enable insights into the three-dimensional (3D) nature of exoplanets. Transmission spectroscopy is the most widely used method for characterizing transiting temperate exoplanet atmospheres, but because it ...
Nicholas Scarsdale, C. E. Harman, Thomas J. Fauchez   +2 more
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Climates of Warm Earth-like Planets I: 3-D Model Simulations

, 2018
We present a large ensemble of simulations of an Earth-like world with increasing insolation and rotation rate. Unlike previous work utilizing idealized aquaplanet configurations we focus our simulations on modern Earth-like topography.
Aleinov, I., Clune, T. L., Del Genio, A. D., Kelley, M., Kiang, N. Y., Way, M. J.   +5 more
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