Evaluating the effect of four unknown parameters included in a latitudinal energy balance model on the habitability of exoplanets
Among different models for determining the habitable zone (HZ) around a star, a Latitudinal Energy Balance Model (LEBM) is very beneficial due to its parametricity which keeps a good balance between complexity and simulation time. This flexibility makes the LEBM an excellent tool to assess the impac...
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| author | Bahraminasr Majid Jafarzadeh S. Javad Montazeri Fatemeh Poro Atila Sarabi Soroush |
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| description | Among different models for determining the habitable zone (HZ) around a star, a Latitudinal Energy Balance Model (LEBM) is very beneficial due to its parametricity which keeps a good balance between complexity and simulation time. This flexibility makes the LEBM an excellent tool to assess the impact of some key physical parameters on the temperature and the habitability of a planet. Among different physical parameters, some of them, up until now, cannot be determined by any method such as the planet’s spin obliquity, diurnal period, ocean-land ratio, and pressure level. Here we apply this model to study the effect of these unknown parameters on the habitability of three exoplanets located in the inner, outer, and middle of their optimistic HZ. Among the examined parameters, the impact of pressure is more straightforward. It has a nearly direct relation with temperature and also with the habitability in the case of a cold planet. The effect of other parameters is discussed with details. To quantify the impact of all these unknown parameters we utilize a statistical interface which provides us with the conditional probability on habitability status of each planet. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b6f824663ff4e47b8128ca83450e99a2022-12-21T21:27:45ZengDe GruyterOpen Astronomy2543-63762020-12-0129123125010.1515/astro-2020-0021astro-2020-0021Evaluating the effect of four unknown parameters included in a latitudinal energy balance model on the habitability of exoplanetsBahraminasr Majid0Jafarzadeh S. Javad1Montazeri Fatemeh2Poro Atila3Sarabi Soroush4The International Occultation Timing Association-Middle East Section (IOTA/ME), IranThe International Occultation Timing Association-Middle East Section (IOTA/ME), IranThe International Occultation Timing Association-Middle East Section (IOTA/ME), IranThe International Occultation Timing Association-Middle East Section (IOTA/ME), IranThe International Occultation Timing Association-Middle East Section (IOTA/ME), IranAmong different models for determining the habitable zone (HZ) around a star, a Latitudinal Energy Balance Model (LEBM) is very beneficial due to its parametricity which keeps a good balance between complexity and simulation time. This flexibility makes the LEBM an excellent tool to assess the impact of some key physical parameters on the temperature and the habitability of a planet. Among different physical parameters, some of them, up until now, cannot be determined by any method such as the planet’s spin obliquity, diurnal period, ocean-land ratio, and pressure level. Here we apply this model to study the effect of these unknown parameters on the habitability of three exoplanets located in the inner, outer, and middle of their optimistic HZ. Among the examined parameters, the impact of pressure is more straightforward. It has a nearly direct relation with temperature and also with the habitability in the case of a cold planet. The effect of other parameters is discussed with details. To quantify the impact of all these unknown parameters we utilize a statistical interface which provides us with the conditional probability on habitability status of each planet.https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2020-0021extra-solar planetsastrobiologyradiative transfer |
| spellingShingle | Bahraminasr Majid Jafarzadeh S. Javad Montazeri Fatemeh Poro Atila Sarabi Soroush Evaluating the effect of four unknown parameters included in a latitudinal energy balance model on the habitability of exoplanets Open Astronomy extra-solar planets astrobiology radiative transfer |
| title | Evaluating the effect of four unknown parameters included in a latitudinal energy balance model on the habitability of exoplanets |
| title_full | Evaluating the effect of four unknown parameters included in a latitudinal energy balance model on the habitability of exoplanets |
| title_fullStr | Evaluating the effect of four unknown parameters included in a latitudinal energy balance model on the habitability of exoplanets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating the effect of four unknown parameters included in a latitudinal energy balance model on the habitability of exoplanets |
| title_short | Evaluating the effect of four unknown parameters included in a latitudinal energy balance model on the habitability of exoplanets |
| title_sort | evaluating the effect of four unknown parameters included in a latitudinal energy balance model on the habitability of exoplanets |
| topic | extra-solar planets astrobiology radiative transfer |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2020-0021 |
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