Atmospheres of rocky exoplanets

R Wordsworth, L Kreidberg - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Rocky planets are common around other stars, but their atmospheric properties remain
largely unconstrained. Thanks to a wealth of recent planet discoveries and upcoming …

Exoplanet Geology: What can we learn from current and future observations?

BJ Foley - Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
OVERVIEW Nearly 30 years after the discovery of the first exoplanet around a main
sequence star, thousands of planets have now been confirmed. These discoveries have …

CHEOPS precision phase curve of the Super-Earth 55 Cancri e

BM Morris, L Delrez, A Brandeker, AC Cameron… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. 55 Cnc e is a transiting super-Earth (radius 1.88 R⊕ and mass 8 M⊕) orbiting a
G8V host star on a 17-h orbit. Spitzer observations of the planet's phase curve at 4.5 μm …

Exfoliated 2D Layered and Nonlayered Metal Phosphorous Trichalcogenides Nanosheets as Promising Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction

H Wang, Y Jiao, B Wu, D Wang, Y Hu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Two‐dimensional (2D) materials catalysts provide an atomic‐scale view on a
fascinating arena for understanding the mechanism of electrocatalytic carbon dioxide …

Investigating the visible phase-curve variability of 55 Cnc e

EAM Valdés, BM Morris, BO Demory… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. 55 Cnc e is an ultra-short period super-Earth transiting a Sun-like star. Previous
observations in the optical range detected a time-variable flux modulation that is phased …

A detailed analysis of the Gl 486 planetary system

JA Caballero, E González-Álvarez, M Brady… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. The Gl 486 system consists of a very nearby, relatively bright, weakly active M3. 5 V
star at just 8 pc with a warm transiting rocky planet of about 1.3 R⊕ and 3.0 M⊕. It is ideal …

The PEPSI exoplanet transit survey (PETS) I: investigating the presence of a silicate atmosphere on the super-earth 55 Cnc e

E Keles, M Mallonn, D Kitzmann… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The study of exoplanets and especially their atmospheres can reveal key insights on their
evolution by identifying specific atmospheric species. For such atmospheric investigations …

Revisiting the iconic spitzer phase curve of 55 Cancri e: hotter dayside, cooler nightside, and smaller phase offset

SJ Mercier, L Dang, A Gass, NB Cowan… - The Astronomical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Thermal phase curves of short-period exoplanets provide the best constraints on the
atmospheric dynamics and heat transport in their atmospheres. The published Spitzer …

Characterizing exoplanetary atmospheres at high resolution with SPIRou: detection of water on HD 189733 b

A Boucher, A Darveau-Bernier, S Pelletier… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first exoplanet atmospheric detection made as part of the SPIRou Legacy
Survey, a Large Observing Program of 300 nights exploiting the capabilities of SPIRou, the …

55 Cancri e's occultation captured with CHEOPS

BO Demory, S Sulis, EM Valdés, L Delrez… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Past occultation and phase-curve observations of the ultra-short period super-Earth 55 Cnc
e obtained at visible and infrared wavelengths have been challenging to reconcile with a …