Exoplanet habitability

Science

Volumn 340, Issue 6132, 2013, Pages 577-581

  Seager, Sara ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH; FUTURE PROSPECT; MASS; ORBITAL FORCING; PLANETARY LANDFORM;

ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DIPOLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMIDITY; HYPERBARISM; INFRARED RADIATION; LIFE; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA; SUN; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84877359343     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1232226     Document Type: Review

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