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mega-Earth

(rocky planet ten times the size of Earth)

The term mega-Earth has been used for a rocky planet (extra-solar planet) substantially larger than Earth, i.e., an especially large super-Earth. Typically-used minimum criteria are on the order of ten Earth masses. Planets that were candidate mega-Earths were found by Kepler. The term was presumably coined when rocky planets seemingly of unprecedented mass and volume were discovered.


(planet type,exoplanets)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega-Earth
https://www.sci.news/astronomy/science-kepler10c-mega-earth-01961.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017LPI....48.1078F/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018LPI....49.1224F/abstract

Referenced by pages:
extra-solar planet (exoplanet)
planet type
rocky planet

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