Large ocean worlds with high-pressure ices

B Journaux, K Kalousová, C Sotin, G Tobie… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
Pressures in the hydrospheres of large ocean worlds extend to ranges exceeding those in
Earth deepest oceans. In this regime, dense water ices and other high-pressure phases …

Titan's interior structure and dynamics after the Cassini-Huygens mission

C Sotin, K Kalousová, G Tobie - Annual Review of Earth and …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The Cassini-Huygens mission that explored the Saturn system during the period 2004–2017
revolutionized our understanding of Titan, the only known moon with a dense atmosphere …

Mass–radius relationships for irradiated ocean planets

A Aguichine, O Mousis, M Deleuil… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Massive and water-rich planets should be ubiquitous in the universe. Many of these worlds
are expected to be subject to important irradiation from their host star, and display …

AQUA: a collection of H2O equations of state for planetary models

J Haldemann, Y Alibert, C Mordasini… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. Water is one of the key chemical elements in planetary structure modelling. Due to
its complex phase diagram, equations of state often only cover parts of the pressure …

A radius valley between migrated steam worlds and evaporated rocky cores

R Burn, C Mordasini, L Mishra, J Haldemann… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The radius valley (or gap) in the observed distribution of exoplanet radii, which separates
smaller super-Earths from larger sub-Neptunes, is a key feature that theoretical models must …

The erosion of large primary atmospheres typically leaves behind substantial secondary atmospheres on temperate rocky planets

J Krissansen-Totton, N Wogan, M Thompson… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Exoplanet exploration has revealed that many—perhaps most—terrestrial exoplanets
formed with substantial H2-rich envelopes, seemingly in contrast to solar system terrestrials …

The nominal ranges of rocky planet masses, radii, surface gravities, and bulk densities

CT Unterborn, SJ Desch, J Haldemann… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The two primary observable quantities of an exoplanet—its mass and radius—alone are not
sufficient to probe a rocky exoplanet's interior composition and mineralogy. To overcome …

A planetary system with two transiting mini-Neptunes near the radius valley transition around the bright M dwarf TOI-776

R Luque, LM Serrano, K Molaverdikhani… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
We report the discovery and characterization of two transiting planets around the bright M1 V
star LP 961-53 (TOI-776, J= 8.5 mag, M= 0.54±0.03 M⊙) detected during Sector 10 …

On the identification of hyperhydrated sodium chloride hydrates, stable at icy moon conditions

B Journaux, A Pakhomova… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Sodium chloride is expected to be found on many of the surfaces of icy moons like Europa
and Ganymede. However, spectral identification remains elusive as the known NaCl …

Improved and always improving: Reference formulations for thermophysical properties of water

AH Harvey, J Hrubý, K Meier - Journal of Physical and Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This Review presents the state of knowledge of the thermophysical properties of water in all
its phases and the reference formulations that provide standardized, recommended values …