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astro-ph.EP2015★ 7 cited
Better Than Earth
René Heller
Do We Inhabit The Best O All Possible Worlds? German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz thought so, writing in 1710 that our planet, warts and all, must be the most optimal one imagin…
astro-ph.EP2014★ 134 cited
Formation, Habitability, and Detection of Extrasolar Moons
René Heller, Darren Williams, David Kipping +9
The diversity and quantity of moons in the Solar System suggest a manifold population of natural satellites exist around extrasolar planets. Of peculiar interest from an astrobiolo…
astro-ph.EP2010
Tidal Effects on the Habitability of Exoplanets: The Case of GJ 581 d
Rory Barnes, Brian Jackson, René Heller +2
Tides may be crucial to the habitability of exoplanets. If such planets form around low-mass stars, then those in the circumstellar habitable zone will be close enough to their hos…