THE KEPLER SPACECRAFT IS DISCOVERING HUNDREDS OF ROCKY TERRESTRIAL PLANETS. MANY OF THESE PLANETS ARE VERY CLOSE TO THEIR PARENT STARS WITH ORBITAL PERIODS BELOW ONE WEEK. AT SUCH CLOSE DISTANCES THE SURFACES WILL BE HEATED TO OVER 1000K SEVERAL ABOVE 2000K. UNDER THESE CONDITIONS MOST LIGHT GASES WILL EVAPORATE INTO SPACE MANY ROCKY MATERIALS WILL MELT AND SOME WILL VAPORIZE. THE GOAL OF THISPROJECT IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE PLACES ARE LIKE. ONCE WE UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENTS WE CAN INVESTIGATE THE ORIGINAL DISCS WHICH PRODUCED THESE PLANETS. TO DO THIS WE HAVE CREATED A COLLABORATION OF EXPERTS ON HOT ATMOSPHERES TO PREDICT WHAT ATMOSPHERES COULD BE MADE OF MATERIALS EXPERTS TO PRODUCE THOSE ATMOSPHERES IN THE LAB TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY WOULD LOOK LIKE AND OBSERVATIONALEXPERTS TO THEN OBSERVE THE PLANETS TO DETERMINE WHICH ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS EXIST.