Ranges of atmospheric mass and composition of super-earth exoplanets

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 685, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1237-1246

  Elkins Tanton, Linda T ^a   Seager, Sara ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Planets and satellites: formation; Solar system: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549121401     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591433     Document Type: Article

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