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    In astronomy and astrobiology, the habitable zone (HZ), or more precisely the circumstellar habitable zone (CHZ), is the range of orbits around a star...
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    the galactic habitable zone is the region of a galaxy in which life might most likely develop. The concept of a galactic habitable zone analyzes various...
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    A Habitable Zone for Complex Life (HZCL) is a range of distances from a star suitable for complex aerobic life. Different types of limitations preventing...
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    water Galactic habitable zone Goldilocks principle Habitable zone - Life habitable zones Habitability of orange dwarf systems Habitability of natural satellites...
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    Environments do not need to contain life to be considered habitable nor are accepted habitable zones (HZ) the only areas in which life might arise. As the...
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    atmosphere and geology. Of the natural satellites in the Solar System's habitable zone – the Moon, two Martian satellites (though some estimates put those...
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    zone. In several cases, multiple planets have been observed around a star. About 1 in 5 Sun-like stars have an "Earth-sized" planet in the habitable zone...
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    the only ones in which the habitable zone coincides completely with the ultraviolet habitable zone. Since the habitable zone is farther away in more massive...
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    K2-18b (category Super-Earths in the habitable zone)
    6 times the radius of Earth, with a 33-day orbit within the star's habitable zone. This means it receives about a similar amount of starlight as the Earth...
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    to form on a planet around a K-type main-sequence star. The planet's habitable zone, ranging from 0.1–0.4 to 0.3–1.3 astronomical units (AU),[better source needed]...
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