Characterizing habitable extrasolar planets using spectral fingerprints

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 679-691

  Kaltenegger, Lisa ^a   Selsis, Franck ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Extrasolar planet search; Habitable planets; Planetary atmospheres

Indexed keywords

EARTH-LIKE PLANETS; EXTRA SOLAR PLANETS; EXTRASOLAR PLANET SEARCH; JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE; LARGE GROUND-BASED TELESCOPES; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES; RADIAL VELOCITY; SPACE-BASED MISSIONS; SPECTRAL FINGERPRINTS; SPECTRAL STUDIES; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDERS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PLANETS; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EARTH (PLANET);

BIOMARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT QUALITY; PLANET; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70450222696     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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