Interior structure of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes

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Oct 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf.1275g&link_type=abstract

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.1275

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The discoveries of several hundreds of exoplanets greatly enhance the probability of finding low-mass planets ( ~10 M⊕, where M⊕ is one Earth mass), similar to Earth. But in the few cases already identified, it appears that to determine the exact nature of the planet is a difficult affair. Low mass planet can be either Earth-like, icy-rich bodies, or even primitive planets which still possess primitive atmospheres. In order to be more accurate in our characterization of the nature of low-mass planets, we need: 1) to increase the amount of candidates by appropriate followup of transiting planets already detected; 2) to refine the modeling of low-mass planetary interior with and without primitive atmospheres. These two complementary approaches are needed for searching habitable worlds in other stellar systems.

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