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Megan Weiner Mansfield

Astronomer at the University of Maryland who received her PhD from the University of Chicago in 2021.

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Webb eclipse measurements suggest HD 3167 b, the coolest known lava world, holds an atmosphere

University of Chicago astronomers report that HD 3167 b, a super-Earth with a one-day orbit, has a dayside cooler than bare rock should allow. That makes it the coolest atmosphere case so far for a ten-planet program looking for the temperature at which lava worlds start to keep their atmospheres.

Publishers:phys.org

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