Modeling Carbon-Based Planets with MAGRATHEA

[2608.27892] Modeling Carbon-Based Planets with MAGRATHEA Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arXiv:2608.27892 (astro-ph) [Submitted on 28 Aug 2026] Title: Modeling Carbon-Based Planets with MAGRATHEA Authors: Robert Royer III , David R. Rice , Jason H. Steffen View PDF Abstract: A planet's interior structure not only influences its habitability, but it also provides information about the planet's formation and history. In the quest to characterize the variety of planetary discoveries, the most common practice is to rely on our understanding of the Earth's differentiated interior structure, with an iron core and silicate mantle as a starting point. However, recent work by arXiv:2408.07761 [astro-ph.EP] shows that these assumptions may not be true for all planetary systems as the composition of the condensed material can change drastically towards a carbon mantle instead of a silicate one, once the C/O ratio of the system approaches and exceeds approximately 0.9. In an effort to more fully understand the range of possible planetary bodies, we added the ability to model carbon-based mantles to our open-source planetary interior solver, MAGRATHEA. The newly added carbon mantle includes three relevant allotropes of carbon: graphite, diamond, and BC8 (body centered cubic with eight atoms per cell). Comments: Published in the Open Journal of Astrophysics Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) Cite as: arXiv:2608.27892 [astro-ph.EP] (or arXiv:2608.27892v1 [astro-ph.EP] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.27892 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Robert Royer Iii [ view email ] [v1] Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:57:08 UTC (1,218 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View PDF TeX Source view license Current browse context: astro-ph.EP < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-08 Change to browse by: astro-ph References & Citations SciX Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate ( What is Replicate? ) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces ( What is Spaces? ) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI ( What is TXYZ.AI? ) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) IArxiv recommender toggle IArxiv Recommender ( What is IArxiv? ) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs . Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax ( What is MathJax? ) We gratefully acknowledge support from our major funders , member institutions , and all contributors. About · Help · Contact · Subscribe · Copyright · Privacy · Accessibility · Operational Status (opens in new tab) Major funding support from (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab)

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