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A Probabilistic Case For A Large Missing Carbon Sink On Mars After 3.5 Billion Years Ago
Andy W. Heard, Edwin S. Kite
Mars has a thin (6 mbar) CO2 atmosphere currently. There is strong evidence for paleolakes and rivers formed by warm climates on Mars, including after 3.5 billion years (Ga) ago, w…
Superabundance of Exoplanet Sub-Neptunes Explained by Fugacity Crisis
Edwin S. Kite, Bruce Fegley, Laura Schaefer +1
Transiting planets with radii 2-3 $R_\bigoplus$ are much more numerous than larger planets. We propose that this drop-off is so abrupt because at 3 $R_\bigoplus$, base-o…
Identifying Candidate Atmospheres on Rocky M dwarf Planets via Eclipse Photometry
Daniel D. B. Koll, Matej Malik, Megan Mansfield +4
Most rocky planets in the galaxy orbit a cool host star, and there is large uncertainty among theoretical models whether these planets can retain an atmosphere. The James Webb Spac…
Geochemistry constrains global hydrology on Early Mars
Edwin S. Kite, Mohit Melwani Daswani
Ancient hydrology is recorded by sedimentary rocks on Mars. The most voluminous sedimentary rocks that formed during Mars' Hesperian period are sulfate-rich rocks, explored by the…
Identifying Atmospheres on Rocky Exoplanets Through Inferred High Albedo
Megan Mansfield, Edwin S. Kite, Renyu Hu +4
The upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) means that we will soon have the capability to characterize the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets. However, it is still u…
Analyzing Atmospheric Temperature Profiles and Spectra of M dwarf Rocky Planets
Matej Malik, Eliza M. -R. Kempton, Daniel D. B. Koll +3
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will open up the possibility of comprehensively measuring the emission spectra of rocky exoplanets orbiting M dwarfs to detect and characteriz…