Delayed gratification habitable zones: When deep outer solar system regions become balmy during post-main sequence stellar evolution

Astrobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 317-321

  Stern, S Alan ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitable zones; Kuiper Belts; Origins of life; Red giants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; ENVIRONMENT; TIME;

BIOGENESIS; EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; SOLAR SYSTEM; TIME;

EID: 17444405156     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110703769016406     Document Type: Article

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