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The Diversity of Planetary Atmospheric Chemistry

Lessons and Challenges from Our Solar System and Extrasolar Planets

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Atmospheres in our solar system range from oxidizing to reducing, transient to dense, veiled by clouds and hazes to transparent. Observations already suggest that exoplanets exhibit an even more diverse range of atmospheric chemistry and composition. Nevertheless, there are commonalities across the atmospheres of our solar system that provide valuable guidance and lessons for observing and interpreting exoplanetary atmospheres. Lessons gleaned from decades of study of planetary atmospheric chemistry are synthesized and explored to understand their implications for exoplanets.

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The authors thank the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) and EuroPlanet for their support. This research grew out of the ISSI/Europlanet Workshop, Understanding the Diversity of Planetary Atmospheres. JM acknowledges support from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) grant 80NSSC20K0462 to Space Science Institute (SSI). S-M. Tsai acknowledges support from the European community through the European Research Council (ERC) advanced grant EXOCONDENSE (PI: R.T. Pierrehumbert) This is University of Texas at Austin Center for Planetary Systems Habitability Contribution #0020.

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Mills, F.P., Moses, J.I., Gao, P. et al. The Diversity of Planetary Atmospheric Chemistry. Space Sci Rev 217, 43 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-021-00810-1

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