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A diagram to determine the evaporation status of extrasolar planets

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Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2006 · 254 citations · 28 references

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Aims.To describe the evaporation status of extrasolar planets, we consider an energy diagram in which the potential energy of the planets is plotted versus the energy received by the upper atmosphere.

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