A critical assessment of the applicability of the energy-limited approximation for estimating exoplanetary mass-loss rates

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Table 1

Properties of the grid employed to study the behaviour of the energy-limited approach described in Sect. 3.

Parameter	Lower limit	Upper limit	Number of grid nodes	Spacing
M_pl	0.5 M_⊕	318 M_⊕≈ 1 M_⊕	80	Geometric
R_pl	1 R_⊕	11.2 R_⊕≈ 1 R_⊕	28	Linear
T_eq	300 K	2000 K	18	Linear
L_XUV	4.75 × 10²⁰ J s⁻¹	1.64 × 10²³ J s⁻¹	20	Geometric

Notes. M_pl is the planetary mass, R_pl is the planetary radius, T_eq is the planetary equilibrium temperature, and L_XUV is the XUV luminosity of the host star. A geometric spacing indicates that the grid points have been set by employing a geometric progression.

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