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author Barnes, Rory
Amaral, Laura N. R. do
Birky, Jessica
Carone, Ludmila
Driscoll, Peter
Livesey, Joseph R.
Graham, David
Becker, Juliette
Cui, Kaiming
Schlecker, Martin
Garcia, Rodolfo
Gialluca, Megan
Adams, Arthur
Ahmed, MD Redyan
Bonney, Paul
Broussard, Wynter
Chawla, Chetan
Damasso, Mario
Danchi, William C.
Deitrick, Russell
Ducrot, Elsa
Fromont, Emeline F.
Gaches, Brandt A. L.
Gupta, Sakshi
Hill, Michelle L.
Jackman, James A. G.
Janin, Estelle M.
Karawacki, Mikolaj
Koren, Matheus Daniel
La Greca, Roberto
Leung, Michaela
Miranda-Rosete, Arturo
Olohoy, Michael Kent A.
Ngo, Cecelia
Paul, Daria
Sahu, Chandan Kumar
Sarkar, Debajyoti Basu
Shadab, Mohammad Afzal
Schwieterman, Edward W.
Sedler, Melissa
Texeira, Katie
Vazan, Allona
Vega, Karen N. Delgado
Vijayakumar, Rohit
Wojack, Jonathan T.
author_facet Barnes, Rory
Amaral, Laura N. R. do
Birky, Jessica
Carone, Ludmila
Driscoll, Peter
Livesey, Joseph R.
Graham, David
Becker, Juliette
Cui, Kaiming
Schlecker, Martin
Garcia, Rodolfo
Gialluca, Megan
Adams, Arthur
Ahmed, MD Redyan
Bonney, Paul
Broussard, Wynter
Chawla, Chetan
Damasso, Mario
Danchi, William C.
Deitrick, Russell
Ducrot, Elsa
Fromont, Emeline F.
Gaches, Brandt A. L.
Gupta, Sakshi
Hill, Michelle L.
Jackman, James A. G.
Janin, Estelle M.
Karawacki, Mikolaj
Koren, Matheus Daniel
La Greca, Roberto
Leung, Michaela
Miranda-Rosete, Arturo
Olohoy, Michael Kent A.
Ngo, Cecelia
Paul, Daria
Sahu, Chandan Kumar
Sarkar, Debajyoti Basu
Shadab, Mohammad Afzal
Schwieterman, Edward W.
Sedler, Melissa
Texeira, Katie
Vazan, Allona
Vega, Karen N. Delgado
Vijayakumar, Rohit
Wojack, Jonathan T.
contents We present numerous aspects of the evolution of the LP 890-9 (SPECULOOS-2/TOI-4306) planetary system, focusing on the likelihood that planet c can support life. We find that the host star reaches the main sequence in 1 Gyr and that planet c lies close to the inner boundary of the habitable zone. We find the magma ocean stage can last up to 50 Myr, remove 8 Earth-oceans of water, and leave up to 2000 bars of oxygen in the atmosphere. However, if the planet forms with a hydrogen envelope as small as 0.1 Earth-masses, no water will be lost during the star's pre-main sequence phase from thermal escape processes. We find that the planets are unlikely to be in a 3:1 mean motion resonance and that both planets tidally circularize within 0.5 Gyr when tidal dissipation is held constant. However, if tidal dissipation is a function of mantle temperature and rheology, then we find that planet c's orbit may require more than 7 Gyr to circularize, during which time tidal heating may reach hundreds of terawatts. We thus conclude that the habitability of planet c depends most strongly on the initial volatile content and internal properties, but no data yet preclude the viability of an active biosphere on the planet.
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spellingShingle History and Habitability of the LP 890-9 Planetary System
Barnes, Rory
Amaral, Laura N. R. do
Birky, Jessica
Carone, Ludmila
Driscoll, Peter
Livesey, Joseph R.
Graham, David
Becker, Juliette
Cui, Kaiming
Schlecker, Martin
Garcia, Rodolfo
Gialluca, Megan
Adams, Arthur
Ahmed, MD Redyan
Bonney, Paul
Broussard, Wynter
Chawla, Chetan
Damasso, Mario
Danchi, William C.
Deitrick, Russell
Ducrot, Elsa
Fromont, Emeline F.
Gaches, Brandt A. L.
Gupta, Sakshi
Hill, Michelle L.
Jackman, James A. G.
Janin, Estelle M.
Karawacki, Mikolaj
Koren, Matheus Daniel
La Greca, Roberto
Leung, Michaela
Miranda-Rosete, Arturo
Olohoy, Michael Kent A.
Ngo, Cecelia
Paul, Daria
Sahu, Chandan Kumar
Sarkar, Debajyoti Basu
Shadab, Mohammad Afzal
Schwieterman, Edward W.
Sedler, Melissa
Texeira, Katie
Vazan, Allona
Vega, Karen N. Delgado
Vijayakumar, Rohit
Wojack, Jonathan T.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
We present numerous aspects of the evolution of the LP 890-9 (SPECULOOS-2/TOI-4306) planetary system, focusing on the likelihood that planet c can support life. We find that the host star reaches the main sequence in 1 Gyr and that planet c lies close to the inner boundary of the habitable zone. We find the magma ocean stage can last up to 50 Myr, remove 8 Earth-oceans of water, and leave up to 2000 bars of oxygen in the atmosphere. However, if the planet forms with a hydrogen envelope as small as 0.1 Earth-masses, no water will be lost during the star's pre-main sequence phase from thermal escape processes. We find that the planets are unlikely to be in a 3:1 mean motion resonance and that both planets tidally circularize within 0.5 Gyr when tidal dissipation is held constant. However, if tidal dissipation is a function of mantle temperature and rheology, then we find that planet c's orbit may require more than 7 Gyr to circularize, during which time tidal heating may reach hundreds of terawatts. We thus conclude that the habitability of planet c depends most strongly on the initial volatile content and internal properties, but no data yet preclude the viability of an active biosphere on the planet.
title History and Habitability of the LP 890-9 Planetary System
topic Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.02743