Evolutionary dichotomy for rocky planets

Linda T. Elkins-Tanton ()
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Linda T. Elkins-Tanton: Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington DC 20015, USA.

Nature, 2013, vol. 497, issue 7451, 570-572

Abstract: A simple model shows that a rocky planet close to its star may solidify so slowly that its water is lost to space and the planet becomes desiccated, whereas a planet farther out may solidify quickly and retain its water. See Letter p.607

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1038/497570a

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