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Habitability of Other Planets and Satellites

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Editors:
  1. Jean-Pierre de Vera

    1. Experimental Planetary Physics, Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany

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  2. Joseph Seckbach

    1. The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

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  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Parameters for Habitability, Habitable Zones and Life: Energy, Liquid Solvent, Information

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Habitable Zone: Basic Concepts

      • Stephen R. Kane
      Pages 3-12

    3. Exoplanets: Criteria for their Habitability and Possible Biospheres

      • John Lee Grenfell, Heike Rauer, Philip von Paris
      Pages 13-29

    4. The Habitable Zone and the Generalized Greenhouse Effect

      • Giora Shaviv, Smadar Bressler, Nir J. Shaviv
      Pages 31-46

    5. The Influence of UV Radiation on Exoplanets’ Habitability

      • Orion Talmi, Giora Shaviv
      Pages 47-68

    6. Factors of Planetary Habitability

      • Rob Hengeveld
      Pages 69-88

    7. Bio-Relevant Microscopic Liquid Subsurface Water in Planetary Surfaces?

      • Diedrich Möhlmann
      Pages 89-112

  3. Impact Craters and the Evolution of Life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Organic Molecules in Lunar Ice: A Window to the Early Evolution of Life on Earth

      • Dirk Schulze-Makuch
      Pages 115-125

  4. Field Studies in Planetary Analogs, Simulations and Space Experiments with Relevance to Habitability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Experimental Simulations of Possible Origins of Life: Conceptual and Practical Issues

      • Henry Strasdeit, Stefan Fox
      Pages 129-144

    3. Simulation and Measurement of Extraterrestrial Conditions for Experiments on Habitability with Respect to Mars

      • Andreas Lorek, Alexander Koncz
      Pages 145-162

    4. The Role of Terrestrial Analogs in the Exploration of the Habitability of Martian Evaporitic Environments

      • Roberto Barbieri
      Pages 163-180

  5. Search for Habitable Worlds in the Solar System and Beyond

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. Microbial Scale Habitability on Mars

      • Frances Westall
      Pages 183-202

    3. Interior and Surface Dynamics of Terrestrial Bodies and their Implications for the Habitability

      • Lena Noack, Doris Breuer
      Pages 203-233

    4. Exoplanets and Habitability

      • Stephen R. Kane
      Pages 235-249

  6. Alternatives to Earth-Like Life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251
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    2. Extremophiles on Alien Worlds: What Types of Organismic Adaptations are Feasible on Other Planetary Bodies

      • Dirk Schulze-Makuch
      Pages 253-265
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About this book

Is the Earth the right model and the only universal key to understand habitability, the origin and maintenance of life? Are we able to detect life elsewhere in the universe by the existing techniques and by the upcoming space missions? This book tries to give answers by focusing on environmental properties, which are playing a major role in influencing planetary surfaces or the interior of planets and satellites. The book gives insights into the nature of planets or satellites and their potential to harbor life. Different scientific disciplines are searching for the clues to classify planetary bodies as a habitable object and what kind of instruments and what kind of space exploration missions are necessary to detect life. Results from model calculations, field studies and from laboratory studies in planetary simulation facilities will help to elucidate if some of the planets and satellites in our solar system as well as in extra-solar systems are potentially habitable for life.

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“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

  • Experimental Planetary Physics, Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany

    Jean-Pierre de Vera

  • The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Joseph Seckbach

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