The interiors of giant planets: Models and outstanding questions

T Guillot - Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract We know that giant planets played a crucial role in the making of our Solar
System. The discovery of giant planets orbiting other stars is a formidable opportunity to …

What makes a planet habitable?

H Lammer, JH Bredehöft, A Coustenis… - The Astronomy and …, 2009 - Springer
This work reviews factors which are important for the evolution of habitable Earth-like
planets such as the effects of the host star dependent radiation and particle fluxes on the …

The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS)-II. Planetary population of solar-like stars and overview of statistical results

A Emsenhuber, C Mordasini, R Burn, Y Alibert… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Planetary formation and evolution is a combination of multiple interlinked
processes. Constraining the mechanisms observationally requires statistical comparison to …

Mass–radius curve for extrasolar Earth-like planets and ocean planets

C Sotin, O Grasset, A Mocquet - Icarus, 2007 - Elsevier
By comparison with the Earth-like planets and the large icy satellites of the Solar System,
one can model the internal structure of extrasolar planets. The input parameters are the …

Uranus and Neptune: origin, evolution and internal structure

R Helled, N Nettelmann, T Guillot - Space Science Reviews, 2020 - Springer
There are still many open questions regarding the nature of Uranus and Neptune, the
outermost planets in the Solar System. In this review we summarize the current-knowledge …

A generalized Bayesian inference method for constraining the interiors of super Earths and sub-Neptunes

C Dorn, J Venturini, A Khan, K Heng, Y Alibert… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
Aims. We aim to present a generalized Bayesian inference method for constraining interiors
of super Earths and sub-Neptunes. Our methodology succeeds in quantifying the …

A new family of planets?“Ocean-Planets”

A Léger, F Selsis, C Sotin, T Guillot, D Despois… - Icarus, 2004 - Elsevier
A new family of planets is considered which is in between the rocky terrestrial planets and
the gaseous giants,“Ocean-Planets.” We present the possible formation, composition and …

Magnesium oxide-water compounds at megabar pressure and implications on planetary interiors

S Pan, T Huang, A Vazan, Z Liang, C Liu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Magnesium Oxide (MgO) and water (H2O) are abundant in the interior of planets.
Their properties, and in particular their interaction, significantly affect the planet interior …

New indication for a dichotomy in the interior structure of Uranus and Neptune from the application of modified shape and rotation data

N Nettelmann, R Helled, JJ Fortney… - Planetary and Space …, 2013 - Elsevier
Since the Voyager fly-bys of Uranus and Neptune, improved gravity field data have been
derived from long-term observations of the planets' satellite motions, and modified shape …

The phase diagram of water and the magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune

R Redmer, TR Mattsson, N Nettelmann, M French - Icarus, 2011 - Elsevier
The interior of giant planets can give valuable information on formation and evolution
processes of planetary systems. However, the interior and evolution of Uranus and Neptune …