Overview
- Dedicated chapter illustrating alternative life compared to our Earth-centric considerations
- New mission concepts for remote studying of habitability of exo-planets
- In situ investigations of the Polar Caps of Mars and the icy Moons of Jupiter and Saturn
- State of the art collection from experts in relevant fields Systematic approach to define habitability of planets
Part of the book series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology (COLE, volume 28)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Parameters for Habitability, Habitable Zones and Life: Energy, Liquid Solvent, Information
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Impact Craters and the Evolution of Life
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Field Studies in Planetary Analogs, Simulations and Space Experiments with Relevance to Habitability
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Search for Habitable Worlds in the Solar System and Beyond
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Alternatives to Earth-Like Life
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Reviews
From the reviews:
“This edited collection of short papers covers a range of topics relevant to questions of habitability on planetary bodies other than Earth. … the book is perhaps suitable as a primer in aspects of astrobiology associated with questions of habitability of other planets and moons. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (P. K. Strother, Choice, Vol. 51 (7), March, 2014)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Habitability of Other Planets and Satellites
Editors: Jean-Pierre de Vera, Joseph Seckbach
Series Title: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6546-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6545-0Published: 12 August 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9216-6Published: 07 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6546-7Published: 30 July 2013
Series ISSN: 1566-0400
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0048
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 419
Topics: Microbial Ecology, Ecology, Astrobiology, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Geology