From stars to diverse mantles, melts, crusts, and atmospheres of rocky exoplanets

CM Guimond, H Wang, F Seidler… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The advent of radial velocity (RV) and transit photometry method has resulted in the
detection of more than 5000 exoplanets since 1995. Of these detected planets, a significant …

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 …

Plausible constraints on the range of bulk terrestrial exoplanet compositions in the solar neighborhood

RJ Spaargaren, HS Wang, SJ Mojzsis… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Rocky planet compositions regulate planetary evolution by affecting core sizes, mantle
properties, and melting behaviors. Yet, quantitative treatments of this aspect of exoplanet …

The chemical inventory of the inner regions of planet-forming disks–the JWST/MINDS program

I Kamp, T Henning, AM Arabhavi, G Bettoni… - Faraday …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The understanding of planet formation has changed recently, embracing the new idea of
pebble accretion. This means that the influx of pebbles from the outer regions of planet …

The First Evidence of a Host Star Metallicity Cutoff in the Formation of Super-Earth Planets

KM Boley, JL Christiansen, J Zink… - The Astronomical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Planet formation is expected to be severely limited in disks of low metallicity, owing to both
the small solid mass reservoir and the low-opacity accelerating the disk gas dissipation …

Forming super-Mercuries: Role of stellar abundances

J Mah, B Bitsch - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Rocky exoplanets with bulk iron mass fraction of more than 60%, known as super-Mercuries,
appear to be preferentially hosted by stars with higher iron mass fraction than that of the …

The GAPS Programme at TNG-XXXV. Fundamental properties of transiting exoplanet host stars

K Biazzo, V D'Orazi, S Desidera, D Turrini… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. Exoplanetary properties strongly depend on stellar properties: to know the planet
with accuracy and precision it is necessary to know the star as accurately and precisely as …

Planet formation throughout the Milky Way-Planet populations in the context of Galactic chemical evolution

J Nielsen, MR Gent, M Bergemann, P Eitner… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
As stellar compositions evolve over time in the Milky Way, so will the resulting planet
populations. In order to place planet formation in the context of Galactic chemical evolution …

The chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood for planet-hosting stars

M Pignatari, TCL Trueman, KA Womack… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Theoretical physical-chemical models for the formation of planetary systems depend on data
quality for the Sun's composition, that of stars in the solar neighbourhood, and of the …

The GAPS Programme at TNG-LXI. Atmospheric parameters and elemental abundances of TESS young exoplanet host stars

S Filomeno, K Biazzo, M Baratella, S Benatti… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. The study of exoplanets at different evolutionary stages can shed light on their
formation, migration, and evolution. The determination of exoplanet properties depends on …