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planetary habitability

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degree to which a planet is suitable for life, or study of planets which may be so suited

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Vinony's link graph records 759 inbound references to planetary habitability, and connects out to hypothetical types of biochemistry, extraterrestrial life and space colonization.

Vinony files it under Astrobiology, Exoplanetology and Planetary habitability.

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Understanding planetary habitability is partly an extrapolation of the conditions on Earth, as this is the only planet known to support life.

Planetary habitability is a measure used in astrobiology to characterize a planet's or a natural satellite's potential to develop and sustain an environment hospitable to life. The Planetary Habitability Laboratory maintains a catalog of potentially habitable exoplanets.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “planetary habitability” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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