Classification of exoplanets according to density
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
2020-02-25 v1
Abstract
Considering probability distribution as a function of the average density computed for 424 extrasolar planets we identify three log-normal Gaussian population components. The two most populous components at g/cc and g/cc are the ice/gas giants and iron/rock super-Earths, respectively. A third component at g/cc is consistent with brown dwarfs, i.e., electron degeneracy supported objects. We note presence of several extreme density planetary objects.
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@article{arxiv.1612.03556,
title = {Classification of exoplanets according to density},
author = {Andrzej Odrzywolek and Johann Rafelski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.03556},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
Four pages, two figures. Supplement, program and data files included