Are super-Earths really mini-Neptunes?
Hey Space Placers!
Here is an interesting article about how Super Earths, exoplanets that are a few times larger than Earth, could be Neptune type planets. That is, Earth sized rocky cores that are surrounded by an gaseous atmosphere like we think makes up our Neptune or also Uranus.
Check it out: http://www.ras.org.uk/news- and-press/224-news-2013/2217- are-super-earths-really-mini- neptunes
Sky Guy in VA
Here is an interesting article about how Super Earths, exoplanets that are a few times larger than Earth, could be Neptune type planets. That is, Earth sized rocky cores that are surrounded by an gaseous atmosphere like we think makes up our Neptune or also Uranus.
Check it out: http://www.ras.org.uk/news-
Sky Guy in VA
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