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small planet radius gap

The small planet radius gap (also called the radius valley, Fulton gap, photoevaporation valley, or Sub-Neptune Desert) is an observed scarcity of planets with radii between 1.5 and 2 times Earth's radius, likely due to either photoevaporation-driven mass loss or core-powered mass loss.

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