FormingWorlds / PROTEUS

Coupled atmosphere-interior framework to simulate the temporal evolution of rocky planets.
https://fwl-proteus.readthedocs.io
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Physical orbit/tides module #283

Open nichollsh opened 1 day ago

nichollsh commented 1 day ago

PROTEUS now includes a dummy Orbit module which simply fixes the semi-major axis, eccentricity, and tidal heat flux to the values provided in the configuration file.

We should explore more realistic models for tidal heating and orbital evolution, as it could potentially have a large impact on the energy budget of these planets.

This will probably need to be addressed in conjunction with #63.