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Table 2

Approximate timescales (in Myr) needed for the modelled planets to evolve out of the boil-off regime, following the analysis described in Sect. 4.

Star Mpl Teq Λ i Λ f Timescale
M K Myr

G2 5 500 17 34 14 600
G2 5 1000 16 29 48
G2 10 500 22 38 72 500
G2 10 1000 15 24 22 700

K2 5 500 17 29 14 600
K2 5 1000 8 21 495
K2 10 500 19 30 102 200
K2 10 1000 10 18 8200

M2 5 500 20 29 28 000
M2 5 1000 16 21 3
M2 10 500 19 25 24 800
M2 10 1000 20 24 167

Notes. Timescales larger than 1 Gyr have been rounded to the nearest 100 Myr. The fourth and fifth columns indicate the initial and final Λ values of the planets used to calculate the timescales.

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