Pervasive orbital eccentricities dictate the habitability of extrasolar earths

Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 733-741

  Kita, Ryosuke ^a   Rasio, Frederic ^a   Takeda, Genya ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrasolar planets; Extrasolar terrestrial planets; Habitability

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME;

ASTRONOMICAL PROCESSES; CLIMATIC PROCESSES; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPACE SIMULATION; STARS, CELESTIAL; TIME; WATER;

EID: 77958196244     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0459     Document Type: Article

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