OrCAS Archives - Astrobiology

Our target sample, showing the distribution of fit planet size, temperature, and stellar Teff . Red points are our primary sample, white points are known companions to our targets, dashed lines connect planets orbiting the same target star, and light gray points are other known exoplanets. The histogram at right shows how our planet sizes (red) compare to the intrinsic occurrence of sub-Neptunes (gray, Fulton & Petigura 2018). Noted that these best-fit radii differ from the TESS-reported radii plotted in Fig. 2c. -- astro-ph.EP

Astrogeology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report

OrCAS: Origins, Compositions, and Atmospheres of Sub-neptunes. I. Survey Definition

by Keith CowingNovember 29, 2024November 29, 2024

Sub-Neptunes – volatile-rich exoplanets smaller than Neptune – are intrinsically the most common type of planet known.