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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 is most likely to develop. The concept of a galactic habitable zone analyzes various...
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    Galactic habitable zone Goldilocks principle Habitable zone - Habitable zone for complex life Habitability of binary star systems Habitability of orange...
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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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    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 habitable zone. Assuming there are 200 billion stars in the Milky Way, it can be hypothesized that there are 11 billion potentially habitable Earth-sized...
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    habitable zone Habitability of F-type main-sequence star systems Habitability of neutron star systems Habitability of red dwarf systems Habitability of...
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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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    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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    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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  • confirmed exoplanet, named TOI-715 b, a super-Earth orbiting in its habitable zone. Another planet in the system is suspected. The star has an apparent...
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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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    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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    F9.5 concluded that exoplanets/moons around exoplanets orbiting in habitable zones of F-type stars would receive excessive UV damage as compared to the...
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    indeterminate reasons. On the other hand, 3D climate models favor habitability and wider habitable zones for slow rotating and tidally locked planets. A major impediment...
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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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    upon the planet's habitability. Based on newer models of the habitable zone, the planet is likely too hot to be potentially habitable. In astronomical...
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    LHS 1140 b (category Super-Earths in the habitable zone)
    LHS 1140 b is an exoplanet orbiting within the conservative habitable zone of the red dwarf LHS 1140. Discovered in 2017 by the MEarth Project, LHS 1140...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • TOI-715 b (category Super-Earths in the habitable zone)
    TOI-715 b is a super-Earth exoplanet in the habitable zone of its parent M-type star, TOI-715. The planet is 1.55 times larger than Earth, and is located...
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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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    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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    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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  • KOI 5715.01 (category Super-Earths in the habitable zone)
    KOI-5715.01 is an exoplanet candidate that orbits the K-type dwarf star KOI-5715, located approximately 2,964 light-years from Earth in the constellation...
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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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  • constellation that hosts TOI-700 d, the first Earth-sized exoplanet in the habitable zone discovered by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The...
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    Gliese 667 Cc (category Super-Earths in the habitable zone)
    Cc, HR 6426 Cc, or HD 156384 Cc) is an exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Gliese 667 C, which is a member of the Gliese...
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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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