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    In astronomy and astrobiology, the habitable zone (HZ), or more precisely the circumstellar habitable zone (CHZ), is the range of orbits around a star...
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    the galactic habitable zone is the region of a galaxy in which life might most likely develop. The concept of a galactic habitable zone analyzes various...
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    A Habitable Zone for Complex Life (HZCL) is a range of distances from a star suitable for complex aerobic life. Different types of limitations preventing...
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    water Galactic habitable zone Goldilocks principle Habitable zone - Life habitable zones Habitability of orange dwarf systems Habitability of natural satellites...
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    Environments do not need to contain life to be considered habitable nor are accepted habitable zones (HZ) the only areas in which life might arise. As the...
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    atmosphere and geology. Of the natural satellites in the Solar System's habitable zone – the Moon, two Martian satellites (though some estimates put those...
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    the only ones in which the habitable zone coincides completely with the ultraviolet habitable zone. Since the habitable zone is farther away in more massive...
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    zone. In several cases, multiple planets have been observed around a star. About 1 in 5 Sun-like stars have an "Earth-sized" planet in the habitable zone...
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    K2-18b (category Super-Earths in the habitable zone)
    6 times the radius of Earth, with a 33-day orbit within the star's habitable zone. This means it receives about a similar amount of starlight as the Earth...
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    to form on a planet around a K-type main-sequence star. The planet's habitable zone, ranging from 0.1–0.4 to 0.3–1.3 astronomical units (AU),[better source needed]...
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    such as the extreme temperature differences created by one side of habitable-zone planets permanently facing the star, and the other perpetually turned...
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    F9.5 concluded that exoplanets/moons around exoplanets orbiting in habitable zones around F-type stars would receive excessive UV damage as compared to...
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    Kepler-452b (category Super-Earths in the habitable zone)
    01) is a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting within the inner edge of the habitable zone of the sun-like star Kepler-452 and is the only planet in the system...
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    super-Earths within the Gliese 581 planetary system, both on the edge of the habitable zone around the star where liquid water may be possible on the surface. With...
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    Planetary system (redirect from Venus zone)
    difficult to observe. Of particular interest to astrobiology is the habitable zone of planetary systems where planets could have surface liquid water,...
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    others, a galactic habitable zone; a central star and planetary system having the requisite character (i.e. a circumstellar habitable zone); a terrestrial...
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    only current example of a habitable planet. At a distance of 1 AU from the Sun, it is within the circumstellar habitable zone of the Solar system, which...
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    Kepler-186f (category Exoplanets in the habitable zone)
    designation KOI-571.05) is an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Kepler-186, the outermost of five such planets...
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  • extremely eccentric (0.496) exoplanet in or near the circumstellar habitable zone of the star TOI-2257, 188 light-years away. It is likely a sub-Neptune...
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  • planetary habitability is complex and defined by several factors. Being in the habitable zone is not enough for a planet to be habitable, not even to...
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    Discovers Habitable Zone Planet in GJ 357 System". SciTechDaily. Archived from the original on 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2019-08-01. "Potentially habitable 'super-Earth'...
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    Gliese 581d, which is also potentially habitable, was discovered. Gliese 581c and d are within the habitable zone of the host star, and are two of the most...
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    habitable zone has led to an increase in studies on planetary habitability. The planets are considered prototypical for the research on habitability of...
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    Kepler-442b (category Near-Earth-sized exoplanets in the habitable zone)
    confirmed near-Earth-sized exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting within the habitable zone of the K-type main-sequence star Kepler-442, about 1,206 light-years...
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    Earth analog (category Planetary habitability)
    Saturn's moon Titan to be one of the most Earth-like worlds outside of the habitable zone. Though having a dramatically different chemical makeup, discoveries...
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    Kepler-22b (category Exoplanets in the habitable zone)
    Interest designation KOI-087.01) is an exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the Sun-like star Kepler-22. It is located about 640 light-years...
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    has two confirmed planets: Proxima b, an Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone discovered in 2016, and Proxima d, a candidate sub-Earth which orbits...
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    Kepler-62f (category Super-Earths in the habitable zone)
    designation KOI-701.04) is a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the star Kepler-62, the outermost of five such planets discovered...
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    region of the Milky Way to discover Earth-size exoplanets in or near habitable zones and estimate how many of the billions of stars in the Milky Way have...
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  • will be optimized to search for and image Earth-size habitable exoplanets in the habitable zones of their stars, where liquid water can exist, by using...
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