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The role of interior dynamics and differentiation on the surface and atmosphere of lava planets
Charles-Édouard Boukaré, Daphné Lemasquerier, Nicolas Cowan +5
Lava planets are rocky exoplanets that orbit so close to their host star that their day-side is hot enough to melt silicate rock. Their short orbital periods ensure that lava plane…
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The Role of Magma Oceans in Maintaining Surface Water on Rocky Planets Orbiting M-Dwarfs
Keavin Moore, Nicolas B. Cowan, Charles-Édouard Boukaré
Earth-like planets orbiting M-dwarf stars, M-Earths, are currently the best targets to search for signatures of life. Life as we know it requires water. The habitability of M-Earth…