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Mar 2, 2017

The language of exoplanet ranking metrics needs to change

Nature Astronomy
  • Elizabeth Tasker
  • Joshua Tan
  • Kevin Heng
  • Stephen Kane
  • David Spiegel
  • Ramon Brasser
  • Andrew Casey
  • Steven Desch
  • Caroline Dorn
  • John Hernlund
  • Christine Houser
  • Matthieu Laneuville
  • Marine Lasblei
  • Anne-Sophie Libert
  • Lena Noack
  • Cayman Unterborn
  • June Wicks
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Volume
1
Number
2
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1038/s41550-017-0042
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group

We have found many Earth-sized worlds but we have no way of determining if their surfaces are Earth-like. This makes it impossible to quantitatively compare habitability, and pretending we can risks damaging the field.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-017-0042
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000406528600013&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1038/s41550-017-0042
  • ISSN : 2397-3366
  • ORCID - Put Code : 50860057
  • SCOPUS ID : 85026395665
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000406528600013
  • BibTex Code : 2017NatAs...1E..42T

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