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The language of exoplanet ranking metrics needs to change

Tasker, Elizabeth and Tan, Joshua and Heng, Kevin and Kane, Stephen and Spiegel, David and Brasser, Ramon (2017) The language of exoplanet ranking metrics needs to change. NATURE ASTRONOMY, 1. ISSN 2397-3366

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Abstract

We have found many Earth-sized worlds but we have no way of determining if their surfaces are Earth-like. This makes it impossible to quantitatively compare habitability, and pretending we can risks damaging the field.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics;
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QB Astronomy, Astrophysics / csillagászat, asztrofizika
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 08 Jun 2023 12:47
Last Modified: 24 Feb 2024 08:02
URI: https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/166915

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