An intercomparison of planetary evolution codes finds Earth magma oceans solidify in about 4 million years while Venus scenarios show more varied prolonged stages up to 50 million years, with outcomes sensitive to initial volatile budgets and model-specific treatments.
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Simulations indicate that order-of-magnitude changes in TiO2 and SiO2 abundances in lava melts produce distinguishable TiO, SiO, and SiO2 features in dry lava planet emission spectra, potentially observable with 12 JWST eclipses for the brightest targets.
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Coupled atmospHere Interior modeL Intercomparison (CHILI). I. Evolutionary Modelling -- Primordial Magma Oceans of Earth and Venus
An intercomparison of planetary evolution codes finds Earth magma oceans solidify in about 4 million years while Venus scenarios show more varied prolonged stages up to 50 million years, with outcomes sensitive to initial volatile budgets and model-specific treatments.
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Sensitivity of Dry Lava Planet Atmospheric Emission Spectra to Changes in Lava Compositions
Simulations indicate that order-of-magnitude changes in TiO2 and SiO2 abundances in lava melts produce distinguishable TiO, SiO, and SiO2 features in dry lava planet emission spectra, potentially observable with 12 JWST eclipses for the brightest targets.