Bulk composition of the transiting hot Neptune around GJ 436

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 493, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 671-676

  Figueira, P ^a   Pont, F ^b   Mordasini, C ^c   Alibert, Y ^c,d   Georgy, C ^a   Benz, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

Planetary systems; Planetary systems: formation; Stars: individual: GJ 436

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EARTH (PLANET); HELIUM; HYDROGEN; STARS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

BULK COMPOSITIONS; CLOSE-IN; EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETS; FORMATION MODELS; FREE WATERS; GIANT PLANETS; LOW-MASS STARS; MIGRATION PROCESS; OCEAN PLANETS; PLANET FORMATIONS; PLANETARY SYSTEMS; PLANETARY SYSTEMS: FORMATION; ROCK CONTENTS; STARS: INDIVIDUAL: GJ 436; STRUCTURE MODELLING;

PLANETS;

EID: 59049086323     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078951     Document Type: Article

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