On the possibility of earth-type habitable planets in the 55 cancri system

Astrobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 681-688

  Von Bloh, W ^a   Cuntz, M ^b   Franck, S ^a   Bounama, C ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrasolar Planets; Geodynamics; Habitable Zone; Orbital Stability; Planetary Climate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; CLIMATE; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; CLIMATE; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4444253572     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110703322736015     Document Type: Article

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