On the possibility of earth-type habitable planets around 47 UMa

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Mar 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003icar..162..214c&link_type=abstract

Icarus, Volume 162, Issue 1, p. 214-221.

Physics

Geophysics

23

Exobiology, Extrasolar Planets, Geophysics, Orbits

Scientific paper

We investigate whether Earth-type habitable planets can in principle exist in the planetary system of 47 UMa. The system of 47 UMa consists of two Jupiter-size planets beyond the outer edge of the stellar habitable zone, and thus resembles our own Solar System most closely compared to all exosolar planetary systems discovered so far. Our study of habitability deliberately follows an Earth-based view according to the concept of Franck and colleagues, which assumes the long-term possibility of photosynthetic biomass production under geodynamic conditions. Consequently, a broad variety of climatological, biogeochemical, and geodynamical processes involved in the generation of photosynthesis-driven life conditions is taken into account. The stellar luminosity and the age of the star/planet system are of fundamental importance for planetary habitability. Our study considers different types of planetary continental growth models and takes into account a careful assessment of the stellar parameters. In the event of successful formation and orbital stability, two subjects of intense research, we find that Earth-type habitable planets around 47 UMa are in principle possible! The likelihood of those planets is increased if assumed that 47 UMa is relatively young (<~6 Gyr) and has a relatively small stellar luminosity as permitted by the observational range of those parameters.

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