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HABITABILITY ZONE [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Earth (Astronomy)
  • Planets
DEF

[The zone in which] the sum of the physical and chemical conditions ... would support the presence of liquid water.

CONT

It is no longer evident that the habitability zone, in which planets and their satellites may develop life, need to be found in a limited region near the star. In the case of our solar system, the habitability zone has been taken to lie outside the orbit of Venus (0.7 AU [astronomical units]) and beyond the orbit of Mars (1.5 AU [astronomical units]).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terre (Astronomie)
  • Planètes
DEF

[....] zone dans laquelle la quantité d'énergie reçue par la planète permet à l'eau d'exister sous forme liquide.

Spanish

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