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Effects of Planetary Parameters on Disequilibrium Chemistry in Irradiated Planetary Atmospheres: From Gas Giants to Sub-Neptunes

The Astrophysical Journal
A primary goal of characterizing exoplanet atmospheres is to constrain planetary bulk properties, such as their metallicity, C/O ratio, and intrinsic heat.
Sagnick Mukherjee, Jonathan J. Fortney, Nicholas F. Wogan, David K. Sing, Kazumasa Ohno   +4 more
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Boundary Layers of Circumplanetary Disks around Spinning Planets. I. Effects of Rossby Waves

The Astrophysical Journal, 2023
Gas giant planets are believed to accrete from their circumplanetary disks (CPDs). The CPDs usually involve accretion through the boundary layer (BL) in the vicinity of planets. Prior studies have concentrated on the BL of nonspinning planets.
Zhihao Fu, Shunquan Huang, Cong Yu
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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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Radiation Transport Through the Martian Atmosphere as a Function of the Zenith Angle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 130, Issue 12, December 2025.
Abstract The topographic influence of the radiation environment on the Martian surface radiation is crucial for future human exploration. Topographic maps help assess radiation flux variations, aiding in hazard evaluation. Creating a global radiation map requires accounting for seasonally varying atmospheric density, heliospheric modulation, and ...
Salman Khaksari, Phillip H. Phipps, Robert F. Wimmer‐Schweingruber, Timothy J. Stubbs, Mark D. Looper, Jingnan Guo, Gabin Charpentier, Bent Ehresmann, Jan Leo Löwe, Daniel Matthiä, Donald M. Hassler, Cary Zeitlin, Sven Löffler   +12 more
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Thermoelastic Contraction as a Suppressor of Atmospheric Escape in Close-in Exoplanets

The Astrophysical Journal
The survival of volatile-rich atmospheres on close-in exoplanets challenges classical escape models. We identify a fully classical, interior-driven correction: thermoelastic contraction of the planetary mantle slightly increases the gravitational binding
L. Yıldız, D. Kaykı, E. Güdekli
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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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Evolution of Terrestrial Planetary Bodies and Implications for Habitability

Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 63, Issue 4, December 2025.
Abstract The terrestrial planetary bodies of our solar system—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars—share a common origin through nebular accretion and early magma ocean differentiation, yet they diverged significantly in geological evolution, tectonic regimes, and habitability.
Peter A. Cawood, Eva E. Stüeken, Priyadarshi Chowdhury, Chris J. Hawkesworth, Jacob A. Mulder   +4 more
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Bridging the Atmospheric Circulations of Hot and Warm Giant Exoplanets

The Astrophysical Journal
We perform high-resolution atmospheric flow simulations of hot and warm giant exoplanets that are tidally locked. The modeled atmospheres are representative of those on KELT-11 b and WASP-39 b, which possess markedly different equilibrium temperatures ...
J. W. Skinner, S. Wei
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Imaging Cool Giant Planets in Reflected Light: Science Investigations and Synergy with Habitable Planets [PDF]

, 2019
Planned astronomical observatories of the 2020s will be capable of obtaining reflected light photometry and spectroscopy of cool extrasolar giant planets.
Arney, Giada, Bailey, Vanessa, Batalha, Natasha, Beichman, Charles, Benneke, Björn, Blecic, Jasmina, Cahoy, Kerri, Chilcote, Jeffrey, Domagal-Goldman, Shawn, Dressing, Courtney, Fitzgerald, Michael, Fortney, Jonathan, Freedman, Richard, Gelino, Dawn, Gizis, John, Greene, Thomas, Guyon, Olivier, Hammel, Heidi, Hasegawa, Yasuhiro, Jovanovic, Nemanja, Konopacky, Quinn, Kopparapu, Ravi, Lewis, Nikole, Liu, Michael, Lopez, Eric, Lunine, Jonathan, Lupu, Roxana, Macintosh, Bruce, Mandt, Kathleen, Marley, Mark, Marois, Christian, Mawet, Dimitri, Mayorga, Laura, Morley, Caroline, Nielsen, Eric, Roberge, Aki, Serabyn, Eugene, Skemer, Andrew, Stapelfeldt, Karl, Visscher, Channon, Wang, Jason   +40 more
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Radiative braking in the extended exosphere of GJ436b

, 2015
The recent detection of a giant exosphere surrounding the warm Neptune GJ436 b has shed new light on the evaporation of close-in planets, revealing that moderately irradiated, low-mass exoplanets could make exceptional targets for studying this mechanism
Bourrier, Vincent, Ehrenreich, David, Etangs, Alain Lecavelier des   +2 more
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