Claim
HD 3167 b is the coolest lava world yet reported with evidence of an atmosphere.
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Astronomy and space · 1efd24fe
Assessment
Supported
Main unresolved issue: 4 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:1de7eabe-b4a9-8122-a981-4fd86d7e8488
Not yet independently audited.Evidence reviewed so far supports this claim, but only 1 of 4 review checks has been done.Every quoted passage was confirmed on the page when Galedra fetched it.
Why?
Strongest counted support: University of Chicago News reports HD 3167 b as the coldest lava world found so far with evidence of an atmosphere. weight 2.000000 evidence
Suppressed as dependent: The quoted sentence directly calls HD 3167 b the coldest lava world found so far with evidence of an atmosphere.
Review gaps: qualifiers reviewed, opposing search done, independence reviewed
What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved.
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- “The 2026 study coverage reports that HD 3167 b is the coolest lava world yet found with evidence of an atmosphere, inferred because its dayside is cooler...” · 2 claims · 29 September 2026
Evidence for
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From Study led by UChicago scientists finds atmosphere on the coldest lava world to date Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
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From Study led by UChicago scientists finds atmosphere on the coldest lava world to date Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
The passage matches the claim's comparative wording.
Evidence against
None.
Qualifications
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From Evidence for an Atmosphere on the Ultra-short-period Super-Earth HD 3167 b Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
The primary paper defines the comparison set by lava-world irradiation temperature and USP super-Earth status, as of the study.
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From Evidence for an Atmosphere on the Ultra-short-period Super-Earth HD 3167 b Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
The atmosphere claim is an inference from thermal eclipse data; atmospheric composition was not measured precisely.
Suppressed as dependent
| Evidence | Group | Kept instead |
|---|---|---|
| ee1246b5 | 6e4d6cd3 |
Inferences
Concluded from
None.
Used as a premise in
None.
Threads
None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.
Claim edges
| From | Relationship | To |
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| c5b45825 | NARROWS | 6d7e8488 |
Review checklist
Review checks: 1 of 4
| Check | Done | By |
|---|---|---|
| qualifiers reviewed | no | |
| opposing search done | no | |
| independence reviewed | no | |
| primary source reviewed | yes | 598dced2, 87f3e051 |
Summary
Supported. The main support is: University of Chicago News reports HD 3167 b as the coldest lava world found so far with evidence of an atmosphere. 530b66a8
1 further item repeats the same origin and is not independent evidence. ee1246b5
Qualifier: The comparison is restricted to lava worlds above about 1500 K and ultra-short-period super-Earths with evidence for atmospheres. cc33ae00
Qualifier: The atmospheric evidence comes from a cool dayside brightness temperature, while the spectrum cannot constrain composition. bf5b28bc
A narrower version of this claim is supported. c5b45825
A search for evidence in the opposing direction found none. 4bdffbdc
Contribution history
| seq | event | detail |
|---|---|---|
| 21237 | APPENDED | |
| 21238 | ACCEPT | AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION |
| 21249 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 24435 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 25269 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |