The language of exoplanet ranking metrics needs to change

We have found many Earth-sized worlds but we have no way of determining if their surfaces are Earth-like. This makes it impossible to quantitatively compare habitability, and pretending we can risks damaging the field.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature astronomy 2017-02, Vol.1 (2), Article 0042
Hauptverfasser:	Tasker, Elizabeth, Tan, Joshua, Heng, Kevin, Kane, Stephen, Spiegel, David
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	639/33/445/862 706/648 Astronomy Astrophysics Astrophysics and Cosmology comment Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics Physics Physics and Astronomy
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Zusammenfassung:	We have found many Earth-sized worlds but we have no way of determining if their surfaces are Earth-like. This makes it impossible to quantitatively compare habitability, and pretending we can risks damaging the field.
ISSN:	2397-3366 2397-3366
DOI:	10.1038/s41550-017-0042