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1 Habitability Outside the Solar System A discussion of Bennett & Shostak Chapter 11 HNRS 228 Dr. H. Geller

2 Chapter Overview Distant Suns (11.1) –Life cycle of stars and their habitability zones Extrasolar Planets: Discoveries and Implications (11.2) –detection methodologies The Possibilities that Earth is Rare (11.3) The Process of Science in Action: Classifying Stars (11.4)

3 Are Habitable Planets Common? Really two questions –Are planets common? –How many exoplanets are habitable? Review formation of stars and planets –evidence from HST

4 Habitability Zone Around Other Stars in Our Galaxy Use the range from our solar system as a basis for analysis –In our solar system, 4 rocky planets that orbit the Sun from 0.4 to 1.4 AU and spaced 0.4 AU apart If typical, likelihood of other solar systems having continuous habitability zone is just width of the zone divided by the typical spacing –0.2/0.4 = 0.5 –Probability of 50% –Discuss this probability

5 Habitability Zone in Our Galaxy Other factors also relevant –Several stars in our galaxy with planets the size of Jupiter within terrestrial zone from their sun –Mass of star Larger mass, greater luminosity, shorter life Most abundant stars in galaxy are least luminous and longest-lived (red dwarfs)

6 Habitability Zones Elsewhere in the Galaxy

7 Different Stars – Different Habitable Zones Athena Andreadis, in Astronomy, Jan. 1999, illus. by Terri Field

8 Another View of Habitability

9 iClicker Question Compared to a star of spectral type K, a star of spectral type A is generally –Ahotter, more luminous, and more massive. –Bhotter, more luminous, and less massive. –Ccooler, dimmer and less massive.

10 iClicker Question Stars of types O and B are unlikely to have planets with life because –Athey have short stellar live. –Btheir intense ultraviolet light would sterilize any planets. –Cthey don’t have enough heavy elements. –DBoth A and B above are true. –EA, B, and C above are true.

11 iClicker Question How does the habitable zone around a star of spectral type M compare to that around a star of spectral type G? –AIt’s larger and farther from its star. –BIt’s hotter and brighter. –CIt’s smaller and closer to its star.

12 How to Find an Extrasolar Planet Think about how a planet effects the star around which it orbits –light seen from star –gravitational effects translate into visual effects –spectroscopic effects translate into observed spectroscopic observations remember Doppler Effect

13 Four Main Ways to Find an Extrasolar Planet Photometrically –light from star blocked by planet decreasing light seen from star in concert with orbit Astrometrically –change in position caused by “dance with planet” Spectroscopically –Doppler Effect on spectral lines due to “dance with planet” Gravitational Microlensing –large gravitational force effecting light path

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15 Change in position of Sun due to Jupiter as seen from 10 parsecs distant

16 Remember Doppler

17 Applying Doppler

18 Applying Einstein

19 Extrasolar Planet Detection Capability

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22 Considerations for Habitability Distance from sun Luminosity of sun Planet size Atmospheric loss processes Greenhouse effect and gases in the atmosphere Source of energy (internal/external) Presence of water Presence of carbon biomolecules Biota

23 Phases of Water and CO 2

24 Planetary Spectra

25 Planet Size Questions Tectonics: why important Magnetosphere and solar winds Gravity and tectonics

26 Atmospheric Loss Processes to Consider Solar winds of charged particles –Sweeps away atmosphere in episodic wind events Planet’s magnetic field (magnetosphere) –Deflect solar winds –Earth and Mercury have magnetospheres –Mars and Venus do not have magnetospheres Atmospheric loss processes –Escape velocity of gases

27 iClicker Question About how many extrasolar planets have been detected to date? –Abetween 10 and 100 –Bbetween 100 and 1000 –Cmore than 1000

28 iClicker Question How have we detected most extrasolar planets discovered to date? –ATransits –BHubble Space Telescope images –Cthe Doppler related technique

29 iClicker Question Which technique will the Kepler mission use to search for Earth size planets around other stars? –ATransits. –BThe astrometric technique. –CThe Doppler related technique. –DGravitational lensing.

30 iClicker Question Nearly all the extrasolar planets discovered to date are –Aterrestrial-like planets. –Bjovian-like planets. –Clarge, icy worlds.

31 Is Earth Rare? What are the odds? –Location, location, location –Special events What are the odds of any special event? –Example of coin toss