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Lately there has been a growing push-back from the exoplanet community for astronomers to stop using the phrase "Earth-like". In this video, we get into the arguments being made and some reasons why I am personally finding the movement unpalatable. This is a topic ripe for public discussion so please watch through then let us know in the comments section what your opinion is! Thanks for your time!
::More about this Video::
► Miriam Kramer (2016), "If we keep using 'Earth-like' to describe alien planets, it will become meaningless", Mashable: http://mashable.com/2016/08/28/earth-like-planets-proxima-b
► Moore et al. (2017), "How habitable zones and Super-Earths leads us astray", Nature Astronomy: nature.com/articles/s41550-017-0043
► Nathaniel Scharping (2016), "What's the difference between Earth-mass and Earth-like?", Astronomy: http://www.astronomy.com/news/2016/10/whats-the-difference-between-earth-mass-and-earth-like
► Elizabeth Task (2017), "Let's Lose the Term 'Habitable-Zone' for Exoplanets", Scientific American: blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/lets-lose-the-term-habitable-zone-for-exoplanets
► Kipping et al. (2014), "The Hunt for Exomoons with Kepler (HEK): IV. A Search for Moons around Eight M-Dwarfs", ApJ, 784, 28: arxiv.org/abs/1401.1210
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Lately there has been a growing push-back from the exoplanet community for astronomers to stop using the phrase "Earth-like". In this video, we get into the arguments being made and some reasons why I am personally finding the movement unpalatable. This is a topic ripe for public discussion so please watch through then let us know in the comments section what your opinion is! Thanks for your time!
::More about this Video::
► Miriam Kramer (2016), "If we keep using 'Earth-like' to describe alien planets, it will become meaningless", Mashable: http://mashable.com/2016/08/28/earth-like-planets-proxima-b
► Moore et al. (2017), "How habitable zones and Super-Earths leads us astray", Nature Astronomy: nature.com/articles/s41550-017-0043
► Nathaniel Scharping (2016), "What's the difference between Earth-mass and Earth-like?", Astronomy: http://www.astronomy.com/news/2016/10/whats-the-difference-between-earth-mass-and-earth-like
► Elizabeth Task (2017), "Let's Lose the Term 'Habitable-Zone' for Exoplanets", Scientific American: blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/lets-lose-the-term-habitable-zone-for-exoplanets
► Kipping et al. (2014), "The Hunt for Exomoons with Kepler (HEK): IV. A Search for Moons around Eight M-Dwarfs", ApJ, 784, 28: arxiv.org/abs/1401.1210
► Cool Worlds Lab website: http://coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu
► Columbia University Department of Astronomy: http://www.astro.columbia.edu
► Outro music by Daft Punk "Harder, Better, Stronger, Faster": http://www.daftpunk.com and http://smarturl.it/DaftPunkiTunes
::Playlists For Channel::
Latest Cool Worlds Videos ► http://bit.ly/NewCoolWorlds
Cool Worlds Research ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsResearch
Guest Videos ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsGuests
Q&A Videos ► http://bit.ly/CoolWorldsQA
Tabby's Star ► http://bit.ly/TabbysStar
Science of TV/Film ► http://bit.ly/ScienceMovies
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