Exploring the habitable zone for Kepler planetary candidates

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 736, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Kaltenegger, L ^a,b   Sasselov, D ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

astrobiology; atmospheric effects; Earth; methods: data analysis; planets and satellites: general; stars: individual (Kepler)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960902756     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/736/2/L25     Document Type: Article

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