Chapter 19
... Inner Planets (terrestrial planets) ● The solar system is made up of both inner and outer planets. The inner being closer to the Sun and the outer further away. ● The inner planets are referred to as the terrestrial planets because their composition is rocky like the Earth. ● They receive more of t ...
... Inner Planets (terrestrial planets) ● The solar system is made up of both inner and outer planets. The inner being closer to the Sun and the outer further away. ● The inner planets are referred to as the terrestrial planets because their composition is rocky like the Earth. ● They receive more of t ...
Primary and secondary eclipse spectroscopy with JWST: exploring
... nominal mission time (summing observations, M4 V and lighter host star for primary eclipses, M5 V for secondary). If every star up to this mass limit and distance were to host a habitable planet, there would be statistically a little under one eclipsing case. We also show that detection in transmiss ...
... nominal mission time (summing observations, M4 V and lighter host star for primary eclipses, M5 V for secondary). If every star up to this mass limit and distance were to host a habitable planet, there would be statistically a little under one eclipsing case. We also show that detection in transmiss ...
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... atmospheres (composed of light gases such as H and He). By comparison, the terrestrial planets have comparatively meager atmospheres (if any) of heavier gases (N2, CO2, and H2O). ...
... atmospheres (composed of light gases such as H and He). By comparison, the terrestrial planets have comparatively meager atmospheres (if any) of heavier gases (N2, CO2, and H2O). ...
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... atmospheres (composed of light gases such as H and He). By comparison, the terrestrial planets have comparatively meager atmospheres (if any) of heavier gases (N2, CO2, and H2O). ...
... atmospheres (composed of light gases such as H and He). By comparison, the terrestrial planets have comparatively meager atmospheres (if any) of heavier gases (N2, CO2, and H2O). ...
Lecture 1: Observations of planetary systems
... comes from observations of the Solar System. The Solar System comprises the Sun, eight planets, and a large number of smaller bodies (including “dwarf planets”, asteroids, comets, etc.). The eight planets can be divided into three different types: • Gas Giants: Jupiter & Saturn. These planets are ma ...
... comes from observations of the Solar System. The Solar System comprises the Sun, eight planets, and a large number of smaller bodies (including “dwarf planets”, asteroids, comets, etc.). The eight planets can be divided into three different types: • Gas Giants: Jupiter & Saturn. These planets are ma ...
The Habitability of Our Earth and Other Earths: Astrophysical
... habitable planet may be crucial for our survival as a species. During the past decade, expectations that the universe could be filled with habitable planets have been bolstered by the increasingly large overlap between terrestrial environments known to harbor life and the variety of environments on n ...
... habitable planet may be crucial for our survival as a species. During the past decade, expectations that the universe could be filled with habitable planets have been bolstered by the increasingly large overlap between terrestrial environments known to harbor life and the variety of environments on n ...
The Far Future Sun and the Ultimate Fates of
... The Sun will end up between the 0.7 and the 1 solar mass points in this plot, depending on how much mass it loses at the helium core flash. With a very steep mass loss relation, it is less likely than for the "Reimers' mass loss formula" case that the Sun will lose much mass on the first ascent of t ...
... The Sun will end up between the 0.7 and the 1 solar mass points in this plot, depending on how much mass it loses at the helium core flash. With a very steep mass loss relation, it is less likely than for the "Reimers' mass loss formula" case that the Sun will lose much mass on the first ascent of t ...
Planetary system
... The inner disk is hot, the outer disk is cold As matter falls toward the protostar it lands on the disk. The gravitational potential energy of this falling matter is transformed into heat energy as it lands on the disk. Since the center of the disk (the protostar) has the greatest gravitational po ...
... The inner disk is hot, the outer disk is cold As matter falls toward the protostar it lands on the disk. The gravitational potential energy of this falling matter is transformed into heat energy as it lands on the disk. Since the center of the disk (the protostar) has the greatest gravitational po ...
The Milky Way
... Extrasolar Planets Modern theory of planet formation is evolutionary Many stars should have planets! planets ...
... Extrasolar Planets Modern theory of planet formation is evolutionary Many stars should have planets! planets ...
Life in the Universe
... bursters, and comet impacts. Such threats tend to increase close to the galactic center. The outer limit is imposed by galactic chemical evolution, specifically the abundance of heavier elements, such as carbon. ...
... bursters, and comet impacts. Such threats tend to increase close to the galactic center. The outer limit is imposed by galactic chemical evolution, specifically the abundance of heavier elements, such as carbon. ...
Circumstellar habitable zone
In astronomy and astrobiology, the circumstellar habitable zone (CHZ), or simply the habitable zone, is the region around a star within which planetary-mass objects with sufficient atmospheric pressure can support liquid water at their surfaces. The bounds of the CHZ are calculated using the known requirements of Earth's biosphere, its position in the Solar System and the amount of radiant energy it receives from the Sun. Due to the importance of liquid water to life as it exists on Earth, the nature of the CHZ and the objects within is believed to be instrumental in determining the scope and distribution of Earth-like extraterrestrial life and intelligence.The habitable zone is also called the Goldilocks zone, a metaphor of the children's fairy tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, in which a little girl chooses from sets of three items, ignoring the ones that are too extreme (large or small, hot or cold, etc.), and settling on the one in the middle, which is ""just right"".Since the concept was first presented in 1953, stars have been confirmed to possess a CHZ planet, including some systems that consist of multiple CHZ planets. Most such planets, being super-Earths or gas giants, are more massive than Earth, because such planets are easier to detect. On November 4, 2013, astronomers reported, based on Kepler data, that there could be as many as 40 billion Earth-sized planets orbiting in the habitable zones of Sun-like stars and red dwarfs in the Milky Way. 11 billion of these may be orbiting Sun-like stars. The nearest such planet may be 12 light-years away, according to the scientists. The CHZ is also of particular interest to the emerging field of habitability of natural satellites, because planetary-mass moons in the CHZ might outnumber planets.In subsequent decades, the CHZ concept began to be challenged as a primary criterion for life. Since the discovery of evidence for extraterrestrial liquid water, substantial quantities of it are now believed to occur outside the circumstellar habitable zone. Sustained by other energy sources, such as tidal heating or radioactive decay or pressurized by other non-atmospheric means, the basic conditions for water-dependent life may be found even in interstellar space, on rogue planets, or their moons. In addition, other circumstellar zones, where non-water solvents favorable to hypothetical life based on alternative biochemistries could exist in liquid form at the surface, have been proposed.