Tasker, Elizabeth; Tan, Joshua; Heng, Kevin; Kane, Stephen; Spiegel, David; the ELSI Origins Network Planetary Diversity Workshop, ELSI (2017). The language of exoplanet ranking metrics needs to change. Nature astronomy, 1(2), 0042. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41550-017-0042
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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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Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Space Research and Planetary Sciences 10 Strategic Research Centers > Center for Space and Habitability (CSH) 08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute 08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > NCCR PlanetS |
UniBE Contributor: |
Heng, Kevin |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 520 Astronomy 600 Technology > 620 Engineering 500 Science 500 Science > 530 Physics |
ISSN: |
2397-3366 |
Publisher: |
Nature Publishing Group |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Janine Jungo |
Date Deposited: |
03 Aug 2017 16:19 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:03 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1038/s41550-017-0042 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.97260 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/97260 |
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