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radius-gap · fulton2017radiusgap
- Citation
- fulton2017radiusgap
- Claim ID
- radius-gap
- Assertion
- Using precise radii for 2,025 Kepler planets, the study found at least a factor-of-two shortfall of planets between 1.5 and 2.0 Earth radii, splitting close-in small planets into super-Earths (under about 1.5 Earth radii) and sub-Neptunes (about 2 to 3 Earth radii). The authors interpret these as rocky cores with differing amounts of low-density gas.
- Locator
- section: Abstract; Conclusions
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