Deciphering Spectral Fingerprints of Habitable Extrasolar Planets
SELSIS, Franck
Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon [CRAL]
Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 [UB]
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Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon [CRAL]
Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 [UB]
SELSIS, Franck
Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon [CRAL]
Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 [UB]
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Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon [CRAL]
Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux [L3AB]
Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers [OASU]
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 [UB]
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Astrobiology. 2010, vol. 10, n° 1, p. 89-102
Mary Ann Liebert
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In this paper we discuss how we can read a planets spectrum to assess its habitability and search for the signatures of a biosphere. After a decade rich in giant exoplanet detections, observation techniques have now reached ...Leer más >
In this paper we discuss how we can read a planets spectrum to assess its habitability and search for the signatures of a biosphere. After a decade rich in giant exoplanet detections, observation techniques have now reached the ability to find planets of less than 10 MEarth (so called Super-Earths) that may potentially be habitable. How can we characterize those planets and assess if they are habitable? The new field of extrasolar planet search has shown an extraordinary ability to combine research by astrophysics, chemistry, biology and geophysics into a new and exciting interdisciplinary approach to understand our place in the universe. The results of a first generation mission will most likely result in an amazing scope of diverse planets that will set planet formation, evolution as well as our planet in an overall context.< Leer menos
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Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
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