Maximum number of habitable planets at the time of Earth's origin: New hints for panspermia?

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-231

  Von Bloh, Werner ^a   Franck, Siegfried ^a   Bounama, Christine ^a   Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological productivity; Carbon cycle; Earth like planets; Habitable zone; Panspermia; Planet formation; Star formation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON CYCLE; EARLY EARTH; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANETS;

EID: 0042474502     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024627326871     Document Type: Article

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