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astro-ph2005★ 49 cited
Extrasolar Carbon Planets
Marc J. Kuchner, S. Seager
We suggest that some extrasolar planets <~ 60 Earth masses will form substantially from silicon carbide and other carbon compounds. Pulsar planets and low-mass white dwarf planets…
astro-ph2005★ 348 cited
Vegetation's Red Edge: A Possible Spectroscopic Biosignature of Extraterrestrial Plants
Sara Seager, Edwin L. Turner, Justin Schafer +1
Earth's deciduous plants have a sharp order-of-magnitude increase in leaf reflectance between approximately 700 and 750 nm wavelength. This strong reflectance of Earth's vegetation…