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author Brinkman, Casey L.
Weiss, Lauren M.
Huber, Daniel
Lee, Rena A.
Kolecki, Jared
Tenn, Gwyneth
Zhang, Jingwen
Narayanan, Suchitra
Polanski, Alex S.
Dai, Fei
Bean, Jacob L.
Beard, Corey
Brady, Madison
Brodheim, Max
Brown, Matt
Deich, William
Edelstein, Jerry
Fulton, Benjamin J.
Giacalone, Steven
Gibson, Steven R.
Gilbert, Gregory J.
Halverson, Samuel
Handley, Luke
Hill, Grant M.
Holcomb, Rae
Holden, Bradford
Householder, Aaron
Howard, Andrew W.
Isaacson, Howard
Kaye, Stephen
Laher, Russ R.
Lanclos, Kyle
Ong, J. M. Joel
Payne, Joel
Petigura, Eric A.
Pidhorodetska, Daria
Poppett, Claire
Roy, Arpita
Rubenzahl, Ryan
Saunders, Nicholas
Schwab, Christian
Seifahrt, Andreas
Shaum, Abby P.
Sirk, Martin M.
Smith, Chris
Smith, Roger
Stefánsson, Guðmundur
Stürmer, Julian
Thorne, Jim
Turtelboom, Emma V.
Tyler, Dakotah
Valliant, John
Van Zandt, Judah
Walawender, Josh
Yee, Samuel W.
Yeh, Sherry
Zink, Jon
author_facet Brinkman, Casey L.
Weiss, Lauren M.
Huber, Daniel
Lee, Rena A.
Kolecki, Jared
Tenn, Gwyneth
Zhang, Jingwen
Narayanan, Suchitra
Polanski, Alex S.
Dai, Fei
Bean, Jacob L.
Beard, Corey
Brady, Madison
Brodheim, Max
Brown, Matt
Deich, William
Edelstein, Jerry
Fulton, Benjamin J.
Giacalone, Steven
Gibson, Steven R.
Gilbert, Gregory J.
Halverson, Samuel
Handley, Luke
Hill, Grant M.
Holcomb, Rae
Holden, Bradford
Householder, Aaron
Howard, Andrew W.
Isaacson, Howard
Kaye, Stephen
Laher, Russ R.
Lanclos, Kyle
Ong, J. M. Joel
Payne, Joel
Petigura, Eric A.
Pidhorodetska, Daria
Poppett, Claire
Roy, Arpita
Rubenzahl, Ryan
Saunders, Nicholas
Schwab, Christian
Seifahrt, Andreas
Shaum, Abby P.
Sirk, Martin M.
Smith, Chris
Smith, Roger
Stefánsson, Guðmundur
Stürmer, Julian
Thorne, Jim
Turtelboom, Emma V.
Tyler, Dakotah
Valliant, John
Van Zandt, Judah
Walawender, Josh
Yee, Samuel W.
Yeh, Sherry
Zink, Jon
contents Hundreds of exoplanets between 1-1.8 times the size of the Earth have been discovered on close in orbits. However, these planets show such a diversity in densities that some appear to be made entirely of iron, while others appear to host gaseous envelopes. To test this diversity in composition, we update the masses of 5 rocky exoplanets (HD 93963 A b, Kepler-10 b, Kepler-100 b, Kepler-407 b, and TOI-1444 b) and present the confirmation of a new planet (TOI-1011) using 187 high precision RVs from Gemini/MAROON-X and Keck/KPF. Our updated planet masses suggest compositions closer to that of the Earth than previous literature values for all planets in our sample. In particular, we report that two previously identified ``super-Mercuries'' (Kepler-100 b and HD 93963 A b) have lower masses that suggest less iron-rich compositions. We then compare the ratio of iron to rock-building species to the abundance ratios of those elements in their host stars. These updated planet compositions do not suggest a steep relationship between planet and host star compositions, contradictory to previous results, and suggest that planets and host stars have similar abundance ratios.
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spellingShingle The Compositions of Rocky Planets in Close-in Orbits Tend to be Earth-Like
Brinkman, Casey L.
Weiss, Lauren M.
Huber, Daniel
Lee, Rena A.
Kolecki, Jared
Tenn, Gwyneth
Zhang, Jingwen
Narayanan, Suchitra
Polanski, Alex S.
Dai, Fei
Bean, Jacob L.
Beard, Corey
Brady, Madison
Brodheim, Max
Brown, Matt
Deich, William
Edelstein, Jerry
Fulton, Benjamin J.
Giacalone, Steven
Gibson, Steven R.
Gilbert, Gregory J.
Halverson, Samuel
Handley, Luke
Hill, Grant M.
Holcomb, Rae
Holden, Bradford
Householder, Aaron
Howard, Andrew W.
Isaacson, Howard
Kaye, Stephen
Laher, Russ R.
Lanclos, Kyle
Ong, J. M. Joel
Payne, Joel
Petigura, Eric A.
Pidhorodetska, Daria
Poppett, Claire
Roy, Arpita
Rubenzahl, Ryan
Saunders, Nicholas
Schwab, Christian
Seifahrt, Andreas
Shaum, Abby P.
Sirk, Martin M.
Smith, Chris
Smith, Roger
Stefánsson, Guðmundur
Stürmer, Julian
Thorne, Jim
Turtelboom, Emma V.
Tyler, Dakotah
Valliant, John
Van Zandt, Judah
Walawender, Josh
Yee, Samuel W.
Yeh, Sherry
Zink, Jon
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Hundreds of exoplanets between 1-1.8 times the size of the Earth have been discovered on close in orbits. However, these planets show such a diversity in densities that some appear to be made entirely of iron, while others appear to host gaseous envelopes. To test this diversity in composition, we update the masses of 5 rocky exoplanets (HD 93963 A b, Kepler-10 b, Kepler-100 b, Kepler-407 b, and TOI-1444 b) and present the confirmation of a new planet (TOI-1011) using 187 high precision RVs from Gemini/MAROON-X and Keck/KPF. Our updated planet masses suggest compositions closer to that of the Earth than previous literature values for all planets in our sample. In particular, we report that two previously identified ``super-Mercuries'' (Kepler-100 b and HD 93963 A b) have lower masses that suggest less iron-rich compositions. We then compare the ratio of iron to rock-building species to the abundance ratios of those elements in their host stars. These updated planet compositions do not suggest a steep relationship between planet and host star compositions, contradictory to previous results, and suggest that planets and host stars have similar abundance ratios.
title The Compositions of Rocky Planets in Close-in Orbits Tend to be Earth-Like
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.00213