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True. It's tiresome that a technical definition is so often misinterpreted as actual habitability. The authors are also overly optimistic when they point out th
by qayxc 3y ago
True. It's tiresome that a technical definition is so often misinterpreted as actual habitability. The authors are also overly optimistic when they point out that the M4 class host star is relatively calm due to its age. That fact wouldn't matter much, though, if the first billion years of the star's existence have sterilized the planet and stripped off its atmosphere...
- samstave 3y agoMaybe just come up with a better/different label for planets who share a similar ratio of planet-to-star characteristics with Earth, which is a sample size of known_to_support_life=1. "Orbital Cousins to Earth" OCEs. Find the # of OCEs, and maybe we have finer granulation, Second Cousins have an atmosphere, Step-sisters have water and an OnlyPlanets account... (which seems to be making the rounds at Nasa)
- weard_beard 3y agohttps://youtu.be/ErpU_tMoV0E https://youtu.be/ErpU_tMoV0E
- samstave 3y agoHoly crap! I've never watched that show, but thats funny as heck that this was a thing. (and they even say "I don't have HydroStatic Equillibrium yet...) too funny is the Akashic Zeitgeist...