Search Results for author: Christoph Mordasini

Found 2 papers, 2 papers with code

A compositional link between rocky exoplanets and their host stars

1 code implementation24 Feb 2021 Vardan Adibekyan, Caroline Dorn, Sérgio G. Sousa, Nuno C. Santos, Bertram Bitsch, Garik Israelian, Christoph Mordasini, Susana C. C. Barros, Elisa Delgado Mena, Olivier D. S. Demangeon, João P. Faria, Pedro Figueira, Artur A. Hakobyan, Mahmoudreza Oshagh, Masanobu Kunitomo, Yoichi Takeda, Emiliano Jofré, Romina Petrucci, Eder Martioli

We estimate the iron-mass fraction of rocky exoplanets from their masses and radii and compare it with the compositions of their host stars, which we assume reflect the compositions of the protoplanetary disks.

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

The formation of Jupiter by hybrid pebble-planetesimal accretion

1 code implementation14 Sep 2018 Yann Alibert, Julia Venturini, Ravit Helled, Sareh Ataiee, Remo Burn, Luc Senecal, Willy Benz, Lucio Mayer, Christoph Mordasini, Sascha P. Quanz, Maria Schönbächler

The evidence that Jupiter slowed down its growth after reaching 20 Earth masses for at least 2 Myr is puzzling because a planet of this mass is expected to trigger fast runaway gas accretion.

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

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