Planetary Habitability

✍ Scribed by Stephen R. Kane

• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 140
• Series: AAS-IOP Astronomy
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Understanding planetary habitability is one of the major challenges of the current scientific era, and is a vast inter-disciplinary undertaking that combines planetary science, climate science, and stellar astrophysics. This book provides an overview of the many processes that influence the energy balance of planetary surface environments and control the sustainability of temperate conditions. These factors include such aspects as the influence of stars, the atmospheres and interiors or planets, and the orbital dynamics of planetary systems. Also described are the concepts behind the habitable zone, lessons learned from solar system data, and the vast opportunities that are provided by exoplanet discoveries, both now and into the future.

✦ Table of Contents

PRELIMS.pdf
Preface
Acknowledgements
Author Biography
Stephen R. Kane
CH001.pdf
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Why Does Habitability Matter?
1.2 Defining Habitability
1.3 The Terrestrial Planet Demographic
References
CH002.pdf
Chapter 2 Habitability Factors
2.1 An Intricate Puzzle
2.2 Stellar Astrophysics
2.3 Planetary Properties
2.4 The Planetary System
2.5 A Statistical Approach
References
CH003.pdf
Chapter 3 Nature’s Fusion Reactors
3.1 Key Stellar Parameters
3.2 Stellar Activity and Atmospheric Erosion
3.3 Stellar Evolution
3.4 Binary Systems
References
CH004.pdf
Chapter 4 Planetary Fundamentals
4.1 Constructing an Energy Balance
4.2 Atmospheres
4.3 Interiors
4.4 Planetary Evolution
4.5 A Note on Water Worlds
References
CH005.pdf
Chapter 5 Orbit, Spin, and System Effects
5.1 Keplerian Orbits
5.2 Rotation and Obliquity
5.3 Planet–Planet Interactions
5.4 Moons and Exomoons
References
CH006.pdf
Chapter 6 The Habitable Zone
6.1 Controversial Terminology
6.2 Defining the Search Space
6.3 Evolution Through Time
6.4 Prime Targets
References
CH007.pdf
Chapter 7 The Solar System11Parts of this chapter have been adapted from Kane et al. (2021).
7.1 In Situ Data
7.2 The Impact Museums
7.3 A Tale of Two Siblings
7.4 Exploring the Lower Limits
7.5 Jupiter: Friend or Foe?
7.6 Icy Moons
References
CH008.pdf
Chapter 8 The Exoplanet Opportunity
8.1 The Statistical Hammer
8.2 Data Limitations
8.3 Notable Exoplanet Examples
8.3.1 Kepler-186
8.3.2 Proxima Centauri
8.3.3 Teegarden’s Star
8.3.4 TOI-700
8.3.5 TRAPPIST-1
References
CH009.pdf
Chapter 9 The Next Steps11Parts of this chapter have been adapted from Kane et al. (2021).
9.1 A Strategic Imperative
9.2 Local Lessons
9.3 Unlocking Achievements
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