Mass-radius curve for extrasolar Earth-like planets and ocean planets

Icarus

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 337-351

  Sotin, C ^a   Grasset, O ^a   Mocquet, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Equation of state; Exobiology; Extrasolar planets; Ices; Terrestrial planets

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348818719     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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