Structure of differentiated planetesimals: A chondritic fridge on top of a magma ocean

C Sturtz, A Limare, M Chaussidon, É Kaminski - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
Meteorites are interpreted as relics of early formed planetary bodies, and they provide
information about the processes that occurred in the first few Myrs of our solar system. The …

Super-Earths and Earth-like Exoplanets

T Lichtenberg, Y Miguel - arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.04057, 2024 - arxiv.org
In the last few years astronomical surveys have expanded the reach of planetary science
into the realm of small and dense extrasolar worlds. These share a number of characteristics …

[HTML][HTML] The thermal equation of state of the magma Ocean

R Caracas - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
As the protolunar disk formed by the giant impact with the incoming asteroid Theia started to
cool, the Earth condensed in its center as a molten planet. The outer layer, rich in lithophile …