Open AccessAirless Exoplanet’s Mantle Could Flow in Halves
Author(s) -
Kimberly Cartier
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo152434
Subject(s) - exoplanet , mantle (geology) , geology , astrobiology , geophysics , astronomy , physics , planet
With no atmosphere in the way, measurements of the planet’s surface temperature are the first observational constraints on mantle convection models for an exoplanet.
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