Compositions of hot super-earth atmospheres: Exploring Kepler candidates

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 742, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Miguel, Y ^a   Kaltenegger, L ^a,b   Fegley Jr , B ^c   Schaefer, L ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

astrobiology; atmospheric effects; planets and satellites: atmospheres; planets and satellites: composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155126027     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/742/2/L19     Document Type: Article

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