Habitability of Other Planets and Satellites /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Colección: | Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology,
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- List of Authors and Their Addresses
- Acknowledgements
- Part 1: PARAMETERS FOR HABITABILITY, HABITABLE ZONES AND LIFE: ENERGY, LIQUID SOLVENT, INFORMATION
- The Habitable Zone: Basic Concepts
- Exoplanets: Criteria for Their Habitability and Possible Biospheres
- The Habitable Zone and The Generalized Greenhouse Effect
- The Influence of UV Radiation on Exoplanets’ Habitability
- Factors of Planetary Habitability
- Bio-relevant microscopic liquid subsurface water in planetary surfaces?
- Part 2: IMPACT CRATERS AND THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE
- Organic molecules in lunar ice: a window to the early evolution of life on Earth
- Part 3: FIELD STUDIES IN PLANETARY ANALOGS, SIMULATIONS AND SPACE EXPERIMENTS WITH RELEVANCE TO HABITABILITY
- Experimental simulation of possible origins of life (Conceptual and Practical Issues)
- Simulation and measurement of extraterrestrial conditions for experiments on habitability with respect to Mars
- The Role of Terrestrial Analogs in the Exploration of The Habitability of Martian Evaporitic Environments
- Part 4: SEARCH FOR HABITABLE WORLDS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND
- Microbial scale habitability on Mars
- Interior and surface dynamics of terrestrial bodies and their implications for the habitability
- Exoplanets and habitability
- Part 5: ALTERNATIVES TO EARTH-LIKE LIFE
- Extremophiles on Alien Worlds: What Types of Organismic Adaptations are Feasible on Other Planetary Bodies
- Brown Dwarfs and Black Smokers. The Potential for Photosynthesis using Radiation from Low-Temperature Black Bodies
- Part 6: APPLICATION OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DETECTION OF HABITABLE PLANETS AND THE SEARCH FOR LIFE
- Detection of Habitable Planets and The Search for Life
- Raman Spectral Signatures in the Biogeological Record: An Astrobiological Challenge
- Application of Raman Spectroscopy as In Situ Technology for the Search for Life
- Part 7: FUTURE SPACE MISSIONS FOR LIFE DETECTION
- Habitability on Kepler worlds: Are Moons Relevant?
- Clean In-Situ Subsurface Exploration of Icy Environments in the Solar System
- Part 8: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- Theoretically possible habitable Worlds – but soon will we get answers by observations?
- Subject Index
- Author Index.