Elemental abundances and minimum mass of heavy elements in the envelope of HD 189733b

Authors :: Mousis, O.
Lunine, J. I.
Tinetti, G.
Griffith, C. A.
Showman, A. P.
Alibert, Y.
Beaulieu, J.-P.
Mousis, O.
Lunine, J. I.
Tinetti, G.
Griffith, C. A.
Showman, A. P.
Alibert, Y.
Beaulieu, J.-P.
Source :: Astronomy and Astrophysics; December 2009, Vol. 507 Issue: 3 p1671-1674, 4p
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: Context. Oxygen (O) and carbon (C) have been inferred recently to be subsolar in abundance from spectra of the atmosphere of the transiting hot Jupiter HD 189733b. Yet, the mass and radius of the planet coupled with structure models indicate a strongly supersolar abundance of heavy elements in the interior of this object.

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