Exoplanets: Compositions, Mineralogy, Evolution (Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry, 90)

ISBN 10: 1946850128 ISBN 13: 9781946850126

Verlag: De Gruyter, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

The focus for RiMG volume 90 is on rocky exoplanets because the search for truly Earth-like planets is of special interest. The goal is to motivate communication between the disciplines so as to make the best use possible of existing data and data yet to be collected by the James Webb and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescopes, since the astronomy community is gathering data on stars and exoplanets at an accelerating rate. Such data now include exoplanet size and mass (i.e., density) as well as their atmospheric compositions, which are collectively telltale of mineralogy and evolution. Much of what is published may still fall in the realm of educated speculation, but our conjectures are metamorphosing into testable hypotheses.

There is now a remarkably large amount of astronomical data (with even more on the way) that geochemists and petrologists can make much use of. But just as astronomers may benefit from geologic insights, geologists need our colleagues in astronomy to help interpret their data and their underlying implications to better understand its astronomical context. Our hopes for this volume will be fulfilled if readers initiate their own analyses of what at present may seem like novel or unusual data, and if new collaborations between academic departments and subfields are forged.

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Natalie R. Hinkel, Louisiana St U/USA; Keith D. Putirka, California St U/USA.; Siyi Xu, Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab, Hawaii/USA.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1946850128
• ISBN 13: 9781946850126
• Einband: Broschiert
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 612
• Herausgeber: Hinkel Natalie R., Putirka Keith D., Xu Siyi
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