Dynamical and biological panspermia constraints within multi-planet exosystems
| Autor: | Veras, Dimitri, Armstrong, David J., Blake, James A., Gutierrez-Marcos, Jose F., Jackson, Alan P., Schaefer, Hendrik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1089/ast.2017.1786 |
| Popis: | As discoveries of multiple planets in the habitable zone of their parent star mount, developing analytical techniques to quantify extrasolar intra-system panspermia will become increasingly important. Here, we provide user-friendly prescriptions that describe the asteroid impact characteristics which would be necessary to transport life both inwards and outwards within these systems within a single framework. Our focus is on projectile generation and delivery and our expressions are algebraic, eliminating the need for the solution of differential equations. We derive a probability distribution function for life-bearing debris to reach a planetary orbit, and describe the survival of micro-organisms during planetary ejection, their journey through interplanetary space, and atmospheric entry. Comment: Published in Astrobiology, but colour plots are in the arXiv version only |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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