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Potential Habitable Exoplanets

    Gliese 581 g (candidate)

    Habitability

    Discovery [2010]

    Gliese 667C c

    Discovery [2011]
    • Delfosse, X., Bonfils, X., Forveille, T., Udry, S., Mayor, M., Bouchy, F., Gillon, M., C., Lovis, Neves V., Pepe, F., Perrier, C., Queloz, D., Santos, N. C., and Ségransan, D. (2012) The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XXXV. Super-Earths around the M-dwarf neighbors Gl433 and Gl667C (arXiv: 1202.2467).
    • Anglada-Escudé, G., Arriagada, P., Vogt, S.S., Rivera, E. J., Butler, R.P., Crane, J.D., Shectman, S. A., Thompson, I.B., Minniti, D., Haghighipour, N., Carter, B.D., Tinney, C.G., Wittenmyer, R.A., Bailey, J.A., O’Toole, S.J., Jones, H.R.A., and Jenkins, J.S. (2012). A planetary system around the nearby M dwarf GJ 667C with at least one super-Earth in its habitable zone (arXiv: 1111.5019).
    • Bonfils, X., Delfosse, X.,  Udry, S., Forveille, T., Mayor, M., Perrier, C., Bouchy, F., Gillon, M., Lovis, C., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Santos, N. C., Ségransan, D., and Bertaux, J.-L. (2011). The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XXXI. The M-dwarf sample. (arXiv: 1111.5019v2).

    Kepler-22 b

    Discovery [2011]
    • Borucki, W. J., Koch, D. G., Batalha, N., Bryson, S. T., Caldwell, D. A., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., Cochran, W. D., DeVore, E., III, T. N. G., Geary, J. C., Gilliland, R., Gould, A., Howell, S. B., Jenkins, J. M., Latham, D. W., Lissauer, J. J., Marcy, G. W., Rowe, J., Sasselov, D., Boss, A., Charbonneau, D., Ciardi, D., Torres, G., Fressin, F., Kaltenegger, L., Doyle, L., Dupree, A. K., Ford, E. B., Fortney, J., Holman, M. J., Steffen, J. A., Mullally, F., Still, M., Tarter, J., Ballard, S., Buchhave, L. A., Carter, J., Christiansen, J. L., Demory, B.-O., Désert, J.-M., Dressing, C., Endl, M., Fabrycky, D., Fischer, D., Haas, M. R., and Henze, C. (2011). Kepler-22b: A 2.4 Earth-radius Planet in the Habitable Zone of a Sun-like Star. ApJ 745 120 (arXiv:1112.1640).

    HD 40307 g (candidate)

    Discovery [2012]
    • Tuomi, M., Anglada-Escude, G., Gerlach, E., Jones, H. R. R., Reiners, A., Rivera, E. J., Vogt, S. S., Butler, R. P. Habitable-zone super-Earth candidate in a six-planet system around the K2.5V star HD 40307 (arXiv:1211.1617).

    HD 85512 b

    Habitability
    • Kaltenegger, L., Udry, S., and Pepe, F. (2011). A Habitable Planet around HD 85512? (arXiv:1108.3561)
    Discovery [2011]
    • Pepe, F., Lovis, C., Ségransan, D., Benz, W., Bouchy, F., Dumusque, X., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., Santos, N. C., and Udry, S. (2011). The HARPS search for Earth-like planets in the habitable zone: I - Very low-mass planets around HD20794, HD85512 and HD192310. A&A  534 A58  (arXiv:1108.3447v3).

    Tau Ceti e (candidate)

    Discovery [2012]
    • Tuomi, M., Jones, H. R. A., Jenkins, J. S., Tinney, C. G., Butler, R. P., Vogt, S. S., Barnes, J. R., Wittenmyer, R. A., O'Toole, S., Horner, J., Bailey, J., Carter, B. D., Wright, D. J., Salter, G. S., Pinfield, D. Signals embedded in the radial velocity noise. Periodic variations in the tau Ceti velocities (arXiv:1212.4277).

    Gliese 163 c

    Discovery [2012]
    • Not Available yet.

      Gliese 581 d

      Habitability
      Discovery [2007]

      Tau Ceti f (candidate)

      Discovery [2012]
      • Tuomi, M., Jones, H. R. A., Jenkins, J. S., Tinney, C. G., Butler, R. P., Vogt, S. S., Barnes, J. R., Wittenmyer, R. A., O'Toole, S., Horner, J., Bailey, J., Carter, B. D., Wright, D. J., Salter, G. S., Pinfield, D. Signals embedded in the radial velocity noise. Periodic variations in the tau Ceti velocities (arXiv:1212.4277).

      General Habitability Assessments

      • Heller, R. Exomoon habitability constrained by energy flux and orbital stability (arXiv:1209.0050).
      • Zsom, Andras; Kaltenegger, Lisa; Goldblatt, Colin. A 1D microphysical cloud model for Earth, and Earth-like exoplanets: Liquid water and water ice clouds in the convective troposphere (arXiv:1208.5028).
      • Fossati, L.; Bagnulo, S.; Haswell, C. A.; Patel, M. R.; Busuttil, R.; Kowalski, P. M.; Shulyak, D. V.; Sterzik, M. F. The habitability and detection of Earth-like planets orbiting cool white dwarfs (arXiv:1207.6210).
      • Kane, S. R., Gelino, D. M. The Habitable Zone and Extreme Planetary Orbits (arXiv:1205.2429).
      • Zuluaga, J. I., Cuartas, P. A., Hoyos, J. H. Evolution of magnetic protection in potentially habitable terrestrial planets (arXiv:1204.0275).
      • Kane, S. R., Gelino, D. M. The Habitable Zone Gallery (arXiv:1202.2377).
      • Horner, J., Jones, B. W. Quantifying Jupiter's influence on the Earth's impact flux: Implications for planetary habitability (arXiv:1202.1314).
      • Forgan, D. Oscillations in the Habitable Zone around Alpha Centauri B (arXiv:1202.1265).
      • Quarles, B., Musielak, Z. E., Cuntz, M. Habitability of Earth-type Planets and Moons in the Kepler-16 System (arXiv:1201.2302).
      • Eggl, S., Pilat-Lohinger, E., Georgakarakos, N., Gyergyovits, M., and Funk, B. (2012). An Analytic Method to determine Habitable Zones for S-Type Planetary Orbits in Binary Star Systems (arXiv:1204.2496).
      • Schulze-Makuch, D., Méndez, A., Fairén, A. G., von Paris, P., Turse, C., Boyer, G., Davila, A. F., António, M. R. S., Catling, D., and Irwin, L. N. (2011). A Two-Tiered Approach to Assessing the Habitability of Exoplanets. Astrobiology, 11 ,10.
      • Kaltenegger, L. and Sasselov, D. (2011). Exploring the Habitable Zone for Kepler planetary candidates. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 736, L25 (arXiv:1105.0861).
      • Dvorak, R., Pilat-Lohinger, E., Bois, E., Schwarz, R., Funk, B., Beichman, C., Danchi, W., Eiroa, C., Fridlund, M., Henning, T., and others (2010). Dynamical habitability of planetary systems. Astrobiology, 10, 1, 33-43.
      • Grenfell, J. L., Rauer, H., Selsis, F., Kaltenegger, L., Beichman, C., Danchi, W., Eiroa, C., Fridlund, M., Henning, T., Herbst, T., and others (2010). Co-evolution of atmospheres, life, and climate. Astrobiology, 10, 1, 77-88 (arXiv:1005.3589).
      • Lammer, H., Bredehöft, J., Coustenis, A., Khodachenko, M., Kaltenegger, L., Grasset, O., Prieur, D., Raulin, F., Ehrenfreund, P., Yamauchi, M., and others (2009). What makes a planet habitable? Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 17, 2, 181-249.
      • Lammer, H., Selsis, F., Chassefière, E., Breuer, D., Grießmeier, J. M., Kulikov, Y. N., Erkaev, N. V., Khodachenko, M. L., Biernat, H. K., Leblanc, F., and others (2010). Geophysical and atmospheric evolution of habitable planets. Astrobiology,10, 1, 45-68.
      • Brack, A., Horneck, G., Cockell, C., Bérces, A., Belisheva, N., Eiroa, C., Henning, T., Herbst, T., Kaltenegger, L., Léger, A., and others (2010). Origin and evolution of life on terrestrial planets. Astrobiology, 10, 1, 69-76.
      • Fridlund, M., Eiroa, C., Henning, T., Herbst, T., Lammer, H., Léger, A., Liseau, R., Paresce, F., Penny, A., Quirrenbach, A., and others (2010). The search for worlds like our own. Astrobiology, 10, 1, 5-17.
      • Kaltenegger, L., Selsis, F., Fridlund, M., Lammer, H., Beichman, C., Danchi, W., Eiroa, C., Henning, T., Herbst, T., Léger, A., and others (2010). Deciphering spectral fingerprints of habitable exoplanets. Astrobiology, 10, 1, 89-102.
      • Kaltenegger, L., Eiroa, C., Ribas, I., Paresce, F., Leitzinger, M., Odert, P., Hanslmeier, A., Fridlund, M., Lammer, H., Beichman, C., and others (2010). Stellar Aspects of Habitability—: Characterizing Target Stars for Terrestrial Planet-Finding Missions. Astrobiology, 10, 1, 103-112.