Article on exomoon habitability in peer-reviewed journal "Astrobiology

Started by mokri pamtseo, September 25, 2012, 05:27:26 AM

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mokri pamtseo

Dear members of the Na'vi community,

we just published a science article in the peer-reviewed journal "Astrobiology", showing that exomoons around giant planets can be habitable. In particular, putative moons about the recently detected Neptune-sized planet Kepler-22b, observed to orbit its Sun-like host star in the habitable zone, can be habitable from the irradiation and tidal points of view. This is the freely available pre-print:

http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.5323

Your feedback is highly appreciated.