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astro-ph.EP2026
The influence of hypothetical exomoons on planetary thermal phase curves
Xinyi Song, Jun Yang, Yueyun Ouyang
More than 200 moons exist in our Solar System, yet no exomoon has been confirmed to date. While the innermost two planets of the Solar System lack natural satellites and most studi…
astro-ph.EP2025
Three-dimensional Transport-induced Chemistry on Temperate sub-Neptune K2-18b, Part I: the Effects of Atmospheric Dynamics
Jiachen Liu, Duncan Christie, Jun Yang
The low equilibrium temperatures of temperate sub-Neptunes lead to extremely long chemical timescales in their upper atmospheres, causing the abundances of chemical species to be s…