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A Dark, Bare Rock for TOI-1685 b from a JWST NIRSpec G395H Phase Curve

  • Authors: Rafael Luque, Brandon Park Coy, Qiao Xue, Adina D. Feinstein, Eva-Maria Ahrer, Quentin Changeat, Michael Zhang, Sarah E. Moran, Jacob L. Bean, Edwin Kite, Megan Weiner Mansfield, Enric Pallé

Rafael Luque et al 2025 The Astronomical Journal 170 .

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Caption: Figure 12.

Contour plot showing the NRS2 derived effective albedo and heat redistribution efficiency (ε) for TOI-1685 b compared to estimates for solar system bodies from Q. Xue et al. (2024), M. Weiner Mansfield et al. (2024). Black and gray error bars represent the 1σ (84%) and 2σ (95%) upper limits for ε, respectively. The red arrow indicates the maximum Tp,day for a blackbody (assuming Aeff = 0 and ϵ = 0.) We adopt AB = 0.119, 0.75, 0.306, 0.250, and 0.11 for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and the Moon, respectively. Since the solar system’s terrestrial planets are not tidally locked, we estimate their heat redistribution efficiency using their polar and equatorial temperatures with a given effective albedo. The results are 1σ consistent with the (mostly) airless Moon, Mercury, and Mars and highly inconsistent with Earth-like or Venus-like heat redistribution.

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