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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/28767
Title: An Earth-sized exoplanet with a Mercury-like composition
Authors: Santerne, A.
Brugger, B.
Armstrong, D. J.
Adibekyan, V.
Lillo-Box, J.
Gosselin, H.
Aguichine, A.
Almenara, J. -M.
Barrado, D.
Barros, S. C. C.
Bayliss, D.
Boisse, I.
BONOMO, ALDO STEFANO 
Bouchy, F.
Brown, D. J. A.
Deleuil, M.
Delgado Mena, E.
Demangeon, O.
Díaz, R. F.
Doyle, A.
Dumusque, X.
Faedi, F.
Faria, J. P.
Figueira, P.
Foxell, E.
Giles, H.
Hébrard, G.
Hojjatpanah, S.
Hobson, M.
Jackman, J.
King, G.
Kirk, J.
Lam, K. W. F.
LIGI, ROXANNE 
Lovis, C.
Louden, T.
McCormac, J.
Mousis, O.
Neal, J. J.
Osborn, H. P.
Pepe, F.
Pollacco, D.
Santos, N. C.
Sousa, S. G.
Udry, S.
Vigan, A.
Issue Date: 2018
Journal: NATURE ASTRONOMY 
Number: 2
First Page: 393
Abstract: Earth, Venus, Mars and some extrasolar terrestrial planets<SUP>1</SUP> have a mass and radius that is consistent with a mass fraction of about 30% metallic core and 70% silicate mantle<SUP>2</SUP>. At the inner frontier of the Solar System, Mercury has a completely different composition, with a mass fraction of about 70% metallic core and 30% silicate mantle<SUP>3</SUP>. Several formation or evolution scenarios are proposed to explain this metal-rich composition, such as a giant impact<SUP>4</SUP>, mantle evaporation<SUP>5</SUP> or the depletion of silicate at the inner edge of the protoplanetary disk<SUP>6</SUP>. These scenarios are still strongly debated. Here, we report the discovery of a multiple transiting planetary system (K2-229) in which the inner planet has a radius of 1.165 ± 0.066 Earth radii and a mass of 2.59 ± 0.43 Earth masses. This Earth-sized planet thus has a core-mass fraction that is compatible with that of Mercury, although it was expected to be similar to that of Earth based on host-star chemistry<SUP>7</SUP>. This larger Mercury analogue either formed with a very peculiar composition or has evolved, for example, by losing part of its mantle. Further characterization of Mercury-like exoplanets such as K2-229 b will help to put the detailed in situ observations of Mercury (with MESSENGER and BepiColombo<SUP>8</SUP>) into the global context of the formation and evolution of solar and extrasolar terrestrial planets.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/28767
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0420-5
ISSN: 2397-3366
DOI: 10.1038/s41550-018-0420-5
Bibcode ADS: 2018NatAs...2..393S
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