The evolution of habitable zones during stellar lifetimes and its implications on the search for extraterrestrial life

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-299

  Underwood, D R ^a   Jones, B W ^a   Sleep, P N ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earth mass planets; extrasolar planetary systems; extraterrestrial life; habitable zones; orbital stability; stellar evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871322027     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550404001715     Document Type: Article

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