Atmospheric Chemistry of Venus-like Exoplanets

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2010-04-23

arxiv.org/abs/1004.4203v3

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

35 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables; 1 appendix; submitted to ApJ; version 3

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We use thermodynamic calculations to model atmospheric chemistry on terrestrial exoplanets that are hot enough for chemical equilibira between the atmosphere and lithosphere, as on Venus. The results of our calculations place constraints on abundances of spectroscopically observable gases, the surface temperature and pressure, and the mineralogy of the surface. These results will be useful in planning future observations of the atmospheres of terrestrial-sized exoplanets by current and proposed space observatories such as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Spitzer, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Terrestrial Planet Finder, and Darwin.

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