Stellar Aspects of Habitability: Characterizing Target Stars for Terrestrial Planet Search Missions

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2009-06-01

arxiv.org/abs/0906.0378v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

14 pages, 4 figures, Astrobiology, 10, 1,2010

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In this paper we present and discuss the criteria for selecting potential target stars suitable for the search for Earth like planets, with a special emphasis on the stellar aspects of habitability. Missions that search for terrestrial exoplanets will explore the presence and habitability of Earth-like exoplanets around several hundred nearby stars, mainly F, G, K, and M stars. The evaluation of the list of potential target systems in order to develop mission concepts for a search for Terrestrial Exoplanets is essential. Using the Darwin All Sky Star Catalogue (DASSC), we discuss the selection criteria, configuration dependent sub-catalogues and the implication of stellar activity for habitability.

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