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Discussion of the Sun’s Habitable Zone: Venus and Mars. Astrobiology Workshop June 27, 2006. The Habitable Zone for Earth-Like Planets. Questions for Discussions: What is the Habitable Zone for the Sun and for your star?
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Discussion of the Sun’s Habitable Zone:VenusandMars Astrobiology Workshop June 27, 2006
The Habitable Zonefor Earth-Like Planets Questions for Discussions: • What is the Habitable Zone for the Sun and for your star? • What would happen to Earth if we moved it to the edges of the HZ? What do Venus and Mars suggest about the edges of the HZ? • Where was the Sun’s Habitable Zone in the past? Where will it be in the future?
Sun’s Habitable Zone Now Using the solver to get the HZ, it extends roughly over the blue double arrows.
Sun’s HZ on the Main Sequence(Fusing H to He in its Core) Using the solver to get the HZ, it extends roughly over the blue double arrow.