Exoplanet environments to harbour extremophile life
Abstract
In this contribution, we estimate the temperature at the surface of known exoplanets and of their putative satellites for two albedo extreme cases (Venus and Mars) and present a selection of extremophiles living on Earth that can live under those conditions. We examine also the possibility of survival of microorganisms in planetary systems of variable stars.
- Publication:
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Solar and Stellar Variability: Impact on Earth and Planets
- Pub Date:
- February 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921309993115
- Bibcode:
- 2010IAUS..264..455J
- Keywords:
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- planets and satellites: general;
- astrobiology