JWST MIRI reveals a potential atmosphere on the ultra-hot rocky planet TOI-431b

arXiv:2609.03029 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-09-02 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-02

Updated: 2026-09-02

Terminology

• Trace — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Aperture — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Absorption Cross Section — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Low Resolution Spectrometer — 1× in this paper
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

Sources

• The Persistent Thermal Anomalies in Rocky Worlds

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