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Exoplanet environments to harbour extremophile life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

Eduardo Janot-Pacheco
Affiliation:
Departamento de Astronomia, IAG, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1226, 05508-090, São Paulo, Brazil email: [email protected]
Claudia A. S. Lage
Affiliation:
Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, A. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, 21941-902 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil email: [email protected]
Ivan G. P. Lima
Affiliation:
Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, A. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, 21941-902 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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In this contribution, we estimate the temperature at the surface of known exoplanets and of their putative satellites for two albedo extreme cases (Venus and Mars) and present a selection of extremophiles living on Earth that can live under those conditions. We examine also the possibility of survival of microorganisms in planetary systems of variable stars.

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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