Planetary habitability

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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.

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Full title :Planetary habitability / Stephen R. Kane.

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Publication Date:2021.

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

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Description:1 online resource : : illustrations (black and white, and colour)

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ISBN:9780750321204, 0750321202, 9780750321198, 0750321199
DOI:10.1088/2514-3433/ac2aa1
oclc:on1291619676
LC Classification:QB820
Dewey Decimal:523.24

1. Introduction -- 1.1. Why does habitability matter? -- 1.2. Defining habitability -- 1.3. The terrestrial planet demographic

2. Habitability factors -- 2.1. An intricate puzzle -- 2.2. Stellar astrophysics -- 2.3. Planetary properties -- 2.4. The planetary system -- 2.5. A statistical approach

3. Nature's fusion reactors -- 3.1. Key stellar parameters -- 3.2. Stellar activity and atmospheric erosion -- 3.3. Stellar evolution -- 3.4. Binary systems

4. Planetary fundamentals -- 4.1. Constructing an energy balance -- 4.2. Atmospheres -- 4.3. Interiors -- 4.4. Planetary evolution -- 4.5. A note on water worlds

5. Orbit, spin, and system effects -- 5.1. Keplerian orbits -- 5.2. Rotation and obliquity -- 5.3. Planet-planet interactions -- 5.4. Moons and exomoons

6. The habitable zone -- 6.1. Controversial terminology -- 6.2. Defining the search space -- 6.3. Evolution through time -- 6.4. Prime targets

7. The solar system -- 7.1. In situ data -- 7.2. The impact museums -- 7.3. A tale of two siblings -- 7.4. Exploring the lower limits -- 7.5. Jupiter : friend or foe? -- 7.6. Icy moons

8. The exoplanet opportunity -- 8.1. The statistical hammer -- 8.2. Data limitations -- 8.3. No…