The Solar System's Habitable Zone by Robert Williams

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Liquid Water (H 2 O)

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Habitable  Zone  

Liquid    Water        (H2O)  

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Curiosity  

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Fomalhaut Picture

HR 8799

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Exoplanet Transit and Eclipse

Relative obscuration by planet ~ 10-3

Relative transmission of starlight through planet atmosphere ~ 10-4

Secondary Eclipse

Fraction of time in eclipse ~ 10-2

Transit

Seager & Deming (2010)

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Detection of Spectral Features

Detection of Spectral Features