User talk:Mvida/exointeriorsSB

Peer review
It was a nice article that provides a neat overview of the exoplanet interiors! As a reader who does not have much knowledge about exoplanets, this page was easy to read and understand, appealing to a wide range of audiences. Although it has made most of the important points, I’d like to suggest adding some specific examples to provide readers with a better understanding of the concepts.

1. In the first ‘Exoplanet interiors’ part, the explanation on the exoplanets seemed less specific than that of the solar system. It would be great to provide a few specific examples (names, if possible) of exoplanets having the mentioned interior features like “tiny cores, massive mantles, and ocean surfaces”.

2. The second figure of the ‘schematic representation of possible interior compositions’ was interesting. As a reader, it would be great to read a little bit more explanation about the types of structures in the main article. For example, introducing one of the specific interior structures in the figure and briefly explaining what can possibly contribute to shaping that structure in the exoplanets (e.g. temp, pressure, composition, size, etc.). Plus, this is a miscellaneous suggestion, but editing the comment below the figure (inserting citation # instead of the direct link) could make it look more organized.

3. Lastly, in the method part, providing some specific methodological tools could be a good addition to the article. For instance, briefly mentioning the names of commonly used theoretical models that can predict the composition of the exoplanets would be helpful.

4. (added) I found that this page doesn't have the lead section which goes before the first heading. It would be great to provide a brief summary of the article in the lead section.

Other than these points, the article nicely explained the mechanisms of investigating the exoplanets and emphasized the importance of understanding the exoplanet interiors by connecting them to habitability. I really enjoyed reading this page and learned a lot! I hope my suggestions are useful. Good luck with the final publication :) Mhan818 (talk) 06:33, 23 February 2022 (UTC).

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============================================== Thanks for your comments Minkyung!

1. Unfortunately we can't really provide good examples of each of these types - this is the kind of thing people will get mad about too lol. At most, we can speculate on the crust and *maybe* the mantle based off of oxygen available in the system, but these schematics are just that: possibilities. Comparative planetology - using our solar system planets to infer about exoplanets - is definitely going to be key here, but it's really hard to say. I can see what I can dig up about some interiors without getting too in-the-weeds!

2. There's lots of models out there that people use to find mass/radius and therefore density. Honestly, you don't really need a model for it either. We typically just take size and mass and then argue amongst one another lol. I did talk more about the techniques used to get these measurements - transit and RV - so hopefully that helps!

3. I added a short little lead section, I hope this is ok!

Thank you for your awesome and helpful comments! Mvida (talk) 19:28, 1 March 2022 (UTC)