Water Vapor and Clouds on the Habitable-zone Sub-Neptune Exoplanet K2-18b

Results from the Kepler mission indicate that the occurrence rate of small planets (<3 R ⊕) in the habitable zone of nearby low-mass stars may be as high as 80%. Despite this abundance, probing the conditions and atmospheric properties on any habitable-zone planet is extremely difficult and has r...

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Main Authors: Benneke, Björn (Author), Wong, Ian (Author), Piaulet, Caroline (Author), Knutson, Heather A (Author), Lothringer, Joshua (Author), Morley, Caroline V (Author), Crossfield, Ian JM (Author), Gao, Peter (Author), Greene, Thomas P (Author), Dressing, Courtney (Author), Dragomir, Diana (Author), Howard, Andrew W (Author), McCullough, Peter R (Author), Kempton, Eliza M-R (Author), Fortney, Jonathan J (Author), Fraine, Jonathan (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Astronomical Society, 2020-10-28T14:57:22Z.
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