1. Ariel planetary interiors White Paper
- Author
-
Ravit Helled, Yuichi Ito, Oliver Shorttle, Caroline Dorn, Yamila Miguel, Tim Lichtenberg, Allona Vazan, Mihkel Kama, Masahiro Ikoma, Stephanie C. Werner, Tristan Guillot, Paul J. Tackley, Diana Valencia, Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Helled, R [0000-0001-5555-2652], Dorn, C [0000-0001-6110-4610], Guillot, T [0000-0002-7188-8428], Ikoma, M [0000-0002-5658-5971], Ito, Y [0000-0002-0598-3021], Lichtenberg, T [0000-0002-3286-7683], Miguel, Y [0000-0002-0747-8862], Valencia, D [0000-0003-3993-4030], Vazan, A [0000-0001-9504-3174], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Astronomy, University of Zurich, and Helled, Ravit
- Subjects
Ariel ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,530 Physics ,[SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP] ,FOS: Physical sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Astrobiology ,Atmospheric composition ,Planet composition ,Atmosphere-interior interaction ,White paper ,1912 Space and Planetary Science ,Planet ,0103 physical sciences ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) ,[SDU.ASTR.SR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR] ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Planetary interiors ,Radius ,Galaxy ,Exoplanet ,13. Climate action ,Space and Planetary Science ,10231 Institute for Computational Science ,Physics::Space Physics ,3103 Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Geology ,Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics - Abstract
The recently adopted Ariel ESA mission will measure the atmospheric composition of a large number of exoplanets. This information will then be used to better constrain planetary bulk compositions. While the connection between the composition of a planetary atmosphere and the bulk interior is still being investigated, the combination of the atmospheric composition with the measured mass and radius of exoplanets will push the field of exoplanet characterisation to the next level, and provide new insights of the nature of planets in our galaxy. In this white paper, we outline the ongoing activities of the interior working group of the Ariel mission, and list the desirable theoretical developments as well as the challenges in linking planetary atmospheres, bulk composition and interior structure., Experimental Astronomy, 53, ISSN:0922-6435, ISSN:1572-9508
- Published
- 2022
- Full Text
- View/download PDF