HABITABLE ZONES AROUND LOW MASS STARS AND THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 27, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 291-307

  Kasting, James F ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Current Theory; Geochemistry; Habitable Zone; Organic Chemistry

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE; LOW MASS STAR; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; CLIMATE; LIFE; MICROCLIMATE; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; CLIMATE; EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; LIFE; OXYGEN; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME;

SUN;

EID: 0031171022     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: 15730875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006586517202     Document Type: Article

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