Why Estimating $\hat{I}{\cdot }_{\oplus }$ is Difficult: A Kepler-Centric Perspective

Steve Bryson, Michelle Kunimoto, Ruslan Belikov +13

$\hat{I}{\cdot }_{\oplus }$, the occurrence rate of rocky habitable zone exoplanets orbiting Sun-like stars, is of great interest to both the astronomical community and the general public. The K…