Could CoRoT-7b and Kepler-10b be remnants of evaporated gas or ice giants?

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1472-1481

  Leitzinger, M ^a   Odert, P ^a   Kulikov, Yu N ^b   Lammer, H ^c   Wuchterl, G ^d   Penz, T ^e   Guarcello, M G ^e,f   Micela, G ^e   Khodachenko, M L ^c   Weingrill, J ^c   Hanslmeier, A ^a   Biernat, H K ^c   Schneider, J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^d THÜRINGER LANDESSTERNWARTE TAUTENBURG   (Germany)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PALERMO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^g OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

CoRoT 7b; Evolution; Exoplanets; Kepler 10b; Mass loss; Origin

Indexed keywords

COROT-7B; EVOLUTION; EXOPLANETS; KEPLER-10B; MASS LOSS; ORIGIN;

ASTRONOMY; HYDROGEN; PLANETS;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 80052857733     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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