Habitability of Extrasolar Planets and Tidal Spin Evolution

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 539-543

  Heller, R ^a,b   Barnes, Rory ^c,d   Leconte, Jérémy ^e  

^a ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Virtual Planetary Laboratory   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Gl581d; Habitability; Habitable zone; Orbital dynamics; Tidal processes

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; IRRADIATION; ORBITAL FORCING; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; RADIATION BUDGET; TIDE;

ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE; REVIEW; ROTATION; TSUNAMI;

BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; PLANETS; ROTATION; STARS, CELESTIAL; TIDAL WAVES;

EID: 84857917320     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-011-9252-3     Document Type: Review

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