A Computational Tool to Interpret the Bulk Composition of Solid Exoplanets based on Mass and Radius Measurements

TL;DR

This paper introduces a computational tool that interprets the bulk composition of solid exoplanets using their measured mass and radius, accounting for uncertainties to aid in understanding their internal structure.

Contribution

The paper presents a new publicly available code that quantifies compositional ambiguities of differentiated solid exoplanets based on mass and radius data.

Findings

The tool effectively estimates compositional ranges for exoplanets.

It accounts for measurement uncertainties in mass and radius.

Facilitates better interpretation of exoplanet internal structures.

Abstract

The prospects for finding transiting exoplanets in the range of a few to 20 Earth masses is growing rapidly with both ground-based and spaced-based efforts. We describe a publicly available computer code to compute and quantify the compositional ambiguities for differentiated solid exoplanets with a measured mass and radius, including the mass and radius uncertainties.