Sotirios Karathanasis Karalyn Berman Leah Cassens Overview What is a habitable planet How do they form How do we find them Possible habitable planets Future goals What makes up a habitable planet ID: 301556
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Habitable Planets
Sotirios Karathanasis, Karalyn Berman, Leah CassensSlide2
Overview
What is a habitable planet?
How do they form?
How do we find them?
Possible habitable planets
Future goalsSlide3
What makes up a habitable planet?
Habitable zone
Liquid water
Atmosphere
Plate tectonics and a liquid coreSlide4
Simple vs Complex Life
Need a much longer time frame for complex life
Simple life can exist in more extreme circumstances Slide5
How do Habitable Planets Form?
Temperature, time...
Mass
Atmosphere
Composition of system
...and a bit of locational luck:
Accretion
Habitable zone
BodyguardsSlide6
Finding Habitable Planets
Transit
Radial Velocity
Direct ImagingSlide7
As of 4/15/15, according to Planetary Habitability Lab, University of Puerto RicoSlide8
Kepler
Utilizes
transit
Statistical
survey
Large volume of findsSlide9
Future Finds
James Webb Space Telescope (2018)
Kepler (Ongoing)
SETI prospects
Planetary
spectroscopySlide10
Questions?