With over 5,000 exoplanets currently detected, there is a need for a primary classification method to prioritise candidates for biosignature observations.
rocky planet
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Solubility Of Water In Peridotite Liquids And The Prevalence Of Steam Atmospheres On Rocky Planets
Atmospheres are products of time-integrated mass exchange between the surface of a planet and its interior. On Earth and other planetary bodies, magma oceans likely marked significant atmosphere-forming events, during […]
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Rocky Histories: The Effect Of High Excitations On The Formation Of Rocky Planets
Rocky planets both in and outside of our solar system are observed to have a range of core-mass fractions (CMFs).