The search for worlds like our own

Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-17

  Fridlund, Malcolm ^a   Eiroa, Carlos ^b   Henning, Thomas ^c   Herbst, Tom ^c   Lammer, Helmut ^d   Léger, Alain ^e   Liseau, René ^f   Paresce, Francesco ^g   Penny, Alan ^h,i   Quirrenbach, Andreas ^j   Röttgering, Huub ^k   Selsis, Franck ^l   White, Glenn J ^i,m   Absil, Olivier ^n,o   Defrère, Denis ^o   Hanot, C ^o   Stam, Daphne ^p   Schneider, Jean ^q   Tinetti, Giovanna ^r   Karlsson, Anders ^a   Gondoin, Phillipe ^a   Den Hartog, Roland ^a   D'Arcio, Luigi ^a   Stankov, Anna Maria ^a   Kilter, Mikael ^a   Erd, Christian ^a   Beichman, Charles ^s   Coulter, Daniel ^s   Danchi, William ^t   Devirian, Michael ^s   Johnston, Kenneth J ^u   Lawson, Peter ^s   Lay, Oliver P ^s   Lunine, Jonathan ^v   Kaltenegger, Lisa ^w   more..

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^f CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^h UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^k LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^m OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^p SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^q OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^r UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^s CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^t NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^u US NAVAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^w HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Bioastronomy; Exoplanets; Habitability; Planet detection methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; HUMAN; LIFE; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

ATMOSPHERE; HUMANS; LIFE; PLANETS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOLAR SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

ABDERA;

EID: 77949879188     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0380     Document Type: Article

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