PLANET TOPERS: Planets, Tracing the Transfer, Origin, Preservation, and Evolution of their ReservoirS

V Dehant; D Asael; R M Baland; B K Baludikay; J Beghin; J Belza; M Beuthe; D Breuer; S Chernonozhkin; Ph Claeys; Y Cornet; L Cornet; A Coyette; V Debaille; C Delvigne; M H Deproost; N De WInter; C Duchemin; F El Atrassi; C François; J De Keyser; C Gillmann; E Gloesener; S Goderis; Y Hidaka; D Höning; M Huber; G Hublet; E J Javaux; Ö Karatekin; J Kodolanyi; L Lobo Revilla; L Maes; R Maggiolo; N Mattielli; M Maurice; S McKibbin; A Morschhauser; W Neumann; L Noack; L B S Pham; L Pittarello; A C Plesa; A Rivoldini; S Robert; P Rosenblatt; T Spohn; J -Y Storme; N Tosi; A Trinh; M Valdes; A C Vandaele; F Vanhaecke; T Van Hoolst; N Van Roosbroek; V Wilquet; M Yseboodt; Planet TOPERS group (see http://iuap-planet-topers.oma.be/partners.php)

doi:10.1007/s11084-016-9488-z

PLANET TOPERS: Planets, Tracing the Transfer, Origin, Preservation, and Evolution of their ReservoirS

Orig Life Evol Biosph. 2016 Nov;46(4):369-384. doi: 10.1007/s11084-016-9488-z. Epub 2016 Jun 23.

Authors

V Dehant¹, D Asael², R M Baland³, B K Baludikay², J Beghin², J Belza^{4

5}, M Beuthe³, D Breuer⁶, S Chernonozhkin⁵, Ph Claeys⁴, Y Cornet², L Cornet², A Coyette³, V Debaille⁷, C Delvigne⁷, M H Deproost³, N De WInter⁴, C Duchemin⁷, F El Atrassi⁷, C François², J De Keyser⁸, C Gillmann³, E Gloesener³, S Goderis⁴, Y Hidaka⁷, D Höning⁶, M Huber⁴, G Hublet⁷, E J Javaux², Ö Karatekin³, J Kodolanyi⁴, L Lobo Revilla⁵, L Maes⁸, R Maggiolo⁴, N Mattielli⁷, M Maurice⁶, S McKibbin⁴, A Morschhauser⁶, W Neumann⁶, L Noack³, L B S Pham³, L Pittarello⁴, A C Plesa⁶, A Rivoldini³, S Robert⁸, P Rosenblatt³, T Spohn⁶, J -Y Storme², N Tosi⁶, A Trinh³, M Valdes⁷, A C Vandaele⁸, F Vanhaecke⁵, T Van Hoolst³, N Van Roosbroek⁷, V Wilquet⁸, M Yseboodt³; Planet TOPERS group (see http://iuap-planet-topers.oma.be/partners.php)

Affiliations

¹ Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB), 3 Avenue Circulaire, B-1180, Brussels, Belgium. veronique.dehant@oma.be.
² Université de Liège (Ulg), 4000, Liège 1, Belgium.
³ Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB), 3 Avenue Circulaire, B-1180, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Universiteit Ghent (Ughent), Ghent, Belgium.
⁶ Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Berlin, Germany.
⁷ Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
⁸ Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BISA), Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 27337974
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-016-9488-z

Abstract

The Interuniversity Attraction Pole (IAP) 'PLANET TOPERS' (Planets: Tracing the Transfer, Origin, Preservation, and Evolution of their Reservoirs) addresses the fundamental understanding of the thermal and compositional evolution of the different reservoirs of planetary bodies (core, mantle, crust, atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and space) considering interactions and feedback mechanisms. Here we present the first results after 2 years of project work.

Keywords: Atmosphere evolution; Habitability; Impacts; Interior evolution; Mantle overturn; Planet evolution.

MeSH terms

Evolution, Planetary*
Exobiology
Extraterrestrial Environment*
Planets*