PREDICTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION OF GJ 1132b

GJ 1132b is a nearby Earth-sized exoplanet transiting an M dwarf, and is among the most highly characterizable small exoplanets currently known. In this paper, we study the interaction of a magma ocean with a water-rich atmosphere on GJ 1132b and determine that it must have begun with more than 5 wt...

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Main Authors: Schaefer, Laura, Wordsworth, Robin D., Sasselov, Dimitar, Berta-Thompson, Zachory K
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108568