Possible Carbon Dioxide above the Thick Aerosols of GJ 1214 b

Possible Carbon Dioxide above the Thick Aerosols of GJ 1214 b

Sub-Neptune planets with radii smaller than Neptune (3.9 R _⊕ ) are the most common type of planet known to exist in the Milky Way, even though they are absent in the solar system. These planets can potentially have a large diversity of compositions as a result of different mixtures of rocky materia...

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Main Authors: Everett Schlawin, Kazumasa Ohno, Taylor J. Bell, Matthew M. Murphy, Luis Welbanks, Thomas G. Beatty, Thomas P. Greene, Jonathan J. Fortney, Vivien Parmentier, Isaac R. Edelman, Samuel Gill, David R. Anderson, Peter J. Wheatley, Gregory W. Henry, Nishil Mehta, Laura Kreidberg, Marcia J. Rieke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:
Exoplanet atmospheric composition
Exoplanet atmospheres
Mini Neptunes
James Webb Space Telescope
Transmission spectroscopy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad7fef
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