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Table 3

Derived fraction of heavy elements Z = MZ/M in planets with a > 0.1 AU.

Name M [M] closest Z Z range

Kepler-11f 2  ~0.95 0.90–0.97
Kepler-11d 6 0.88 0.84–0.94
Kepler-20d 8  ±  7.2  ~0.96  > 0.89
Kepler-11e 8  ~0.78 0.76–0.79
Kepler-10c 10  ±  10  ~0.99  >0.95
Kepler-11c 13 0.98  >0.85
Uranus 14.5 0.88
Kepler-18d 16.4  ±  1.4  ~0.50 0.43–0.52
Neptune 17.1 0.90
Kepler-35b 40  ±  6.4  ~0.37 0.28–0.37
Kepler-9c 54  ±  5.5 0.25 0.24–0.30
Kepler-34b 70 0.35 0.32–0.39
Kepler-9b 79  ±  6.7 0.30 0.16–0.36
Saturn 95.2 0.27
Kepler-16b 106  ±  5.1  ~0.41 0.40–0.44
CoRoT-9b 270  ±  23  ~0.11 0.09–0.11
Jupiter 317.8 0.10
CoRoT-10b 880  ±  51 0.17 0.08–0.18
HD 17156b 1050  ±  36  ~0.08 0.04–0.11
HD 80606b 1240  ±  60 0.09 0.07–0.10
KOI-423b 5800  ±  228 ( < 0.05)

Notes. The value for the synthetic planet lying closest in the M − R plane (closest Z) and the domain covered by the error bars (Z range) are shown. An age of 5 Gyr is assumed. The planets are approximatively listed by increasing mass as indicated in the second column.

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