Planetary Habitability

by Kane, Stephen R.

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Title Statements

Full title :Planetary Habitability / Stephen R. Kane.

Summary

Understanding planetary habitability is one of the major challenges of the current scientific era, and is a vast inter-disciplinary undertaking that combines planetary science, climate science, and stellar astrophysics. This book provides an overview of the many processes that influence the energy balance of planetary surface environments and control the sustainability of temperate conditions. These factors include such aspects as the influence of stars, the atmospheres and interiors or planets, and the orbital dynamics of planetary systems. Also described are the concepts behind the habitable zone, lessons learned from solar system data, and the vast opportunities that are provided by exoplanet discoveries, both now and into the future.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2021

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):IOP Publishing
Place of Publication:Bristol
Language:eng
Publication Date:2021

The Physical Object

Description:online resource (xii, 8, 10, 13, 19, 17, 14, 19, 18, 9 sidor) : illustrationer.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780750321204, 0750321202, 9780750321198, 0750321199, 9780750321211, 0750321210
oclc:on1289954207
Dewey Decimal:576.839

Introduction -- Habitability Factors -- Nature's Fusion Reactors -- Planetary Fundamentals -- Orbit, Spin, and System Effects -- The Habitable Zone -- The Solar System -- The Exoplanet Opportunity -- The Next Steps