Water Vapor and Clouds on the Habitable-zone Sub-Neptune Exoplanet K2-18b

Water Vapor and Clouds on the Habitable-zone Sub-Neptune Exoplanet K2-18b

Results from the Kepler mission indicate that the occurrence rate of small planets (<3 R ⊕) in the habitable zone of nearby low-mass stars may be as high as 80%. Despite this abundance, probing the conditions and atmospheric properties on any habitable-zone planet is extremely difficult and has r...

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Main Authors: Benneke, Björn, Wong, Ian, Piaulet, Caroline, Knutson, Heather A, Lothringer, Joshua, Morley, Caroline V, Gao, Peter, Greene, Thomas P, Dressing, Courtney, Dragomir, Diana, Howard, Andrew W, McCullough, Peter R, Kempton, Eliza M-R, Fortney, Jonathan J, Fraine, Jonathan, Crossfield, Ian Jm
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Astronomical Society 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/128227

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