Water-covered planet with a hydrogen-rich atmosphere
Artist depiction of a hycean planet.
A hycean planet (/ˈhaɪʃən/HY-shən; portmanteau of hydrogen and ocean; note that the term is not capitalized)[1] is a particular type of exoplanet that features a liquid water ocean underneath a hydrogen-rich atmosphere.
^Paul Scott Anderson (30 August 2021). "Hycean planets might be habitable ocean worlds". Earth & Sky. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
A hyceanplanet (/ˈhaɪʃən/ HY-shən; portmanteau of hydrogen and ocean; note that the term is not capitalized) is a particular type of exoplanet that features...
compositions of exoplanets, and with coining the term “hyceanplanet” to describe a theorised class of planet which hosts a liquid water ocean beneath a hydrogen-rich...
Volatile-rich planets should be more common in the habitable zones of young stars and M-type stars. Scientists have proposed Hyceanplanets, ocean planets with...
In astronomy, a disrupted planet is a planet or exoplanet or, perhaps on a somewhat smaller scale, a planetary-mass object, planetesimal, moon, exomoon...
lists of planets. A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star nor its remnant. The best available theory of planet formation...
a list of planet types by their mass, orbit, physical and chemical composition, or by another classification. The IAU defines that a planet in the Solar...
world, an astronomical body possessing a significant amount of water Hyceanplanet, an astronomical body covered in water with a hydrogen atmosphere Oceanworld...
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crust and upper mantle and created a rock-vapor atmosphere around the young planet. The rock vapor would have condensed within two thousand years, leaving...
dust, planetesimals, asteroids or collision fragments in orbit around a planet. They are reservoirs of material out of which moons (or exomoons or subsatellites)...
Around the youngest stars, they are the reservoirs of material out of which planets may form. Around mature stars, they indicate that planetesimal formation...
habitable planets, named ocean planets, which involves "hot, ocean-covered planets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres", has been reported. Hyceanplanets may soon...
6 times the mass of Earth. Webb's data suggests that it might be a hyceanplanet covered in oceans of water, with a hydrogen-rich atmosphere. 14 September...
above Neptune Ocean world – Planet containing a significant amount of water or other liquid Hyceanplanet – Water-covered planet with a hydrogen-rich atmosphere...
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show the dynamical influence of extrasolar planets, and potentially indicate the presence of these planets. Because it is often located near a star's...
the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher instrument to confirm the planet and measure the mass. The planet LHS 1140 b is a super-Earth in the...
melting points, such as methane and ammonia). In the inner Solar System, planets, asteroids, and moons formed almost entirely of metals and silicates. Water...
Kepler spacecraft mission prior to its finding of significant quantities of planets around other stars. Ballard has spoken about her experience as a victim...
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