VPLanet: A Simple Model for Planetary System Evolution
Abstract
Planetary systems evolve due to a myriad of processes, often non-linearly, which complicates simulating exoplanetary systems. The relevant physical processes have often been modeled and explored within sub-disciplines of science, so a universal model of planetary system evolution must unite theories developed in multiple scientific disciplines. We present a new interdisciplinary model of planetary system evolution that self-consistently couples stellar, orbital, tidal, rotational, atmospheric, internal, magnetic, climate, and galactic evolution for generic planetary systems, but focusing on systems with habitable worlds. We have combined all these processes into a single open source software package called VPLanet.
- Publication:
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AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts #50
- Pub Date:
- October 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018DPS....5041303B