The Formation of Super-Earths and Mini-Neptunes with Giant Impacts

The Formation of Super-Earths and Mini-Neptunes with Giant Impacts

The majority of discovered exoplanetary systems harbour a new class of planets, bodies typically several times more massive than Earth but orbiting their host stars well inside the orbit of Mercury. The origin of these close-in super-Earths and mini-Neptunes is a major unanswered question in planet...

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2016-11
Hauptverfasser: Inamdar, Niraj K, Schlichting, Hilke E
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Core loss
Deposition
Energy dissipation
Envelopes
Extrasolar planets
Luminosity
Mercury (planet)
Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Planet formation
Planetary atmospheres
Planetary systems
Potential energy
Viability
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Zusammenfassung:The majority of discovered exoplanetary systems harbour a new class of planets, bodies typically several times more massive than Earth but orbiting their host stars well inside the orbit of Mercury. The origin of these close-in super-Earths and mini-Neptunes is a major unanswered question in planet formation. Unlike Earth, whose atmosphere contains \(
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1412.4440