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A45726933 - The Habitable Zone

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'eg the temperature wouldn't be too extreme if a planet orbited there.'


is fine, but is it necessary to mention 'our' Jupiter <(our Jupiter has over 60 moons)> again 2 lines down?


Otherwise, it's looking good.

all fixed thanks

I've changed the opening quote

One thing I'd consider is a definition of super-Earth. Is it a particularly big Earth or a clone of Earth where the trains run on time and English Heritage membership is free?

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It's more massive. I've added that

This is looking good. Everyone happy for it be accepted for submission?

Yup, good to go methinks.


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I've a few more questions and suggestions.

I'm not sure what this bit means:


carbon dioxide gas (CO2) in the atmosphere sinks and is released through plate tectonics

What do you mean by "sinks"? Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere does not sink to the bottom of the atmosphere, but is evenly distributed by diffusion throughout all the atmosphere. Perhaps you mean "is removed from the atmosphere", but it is an odd way of saying it.

an ambient climate -- what do you mean by "ambient" here? Doesn't it just mean "the conditions of the vicinity"? Don't all moons have an ambient climate?

"its orbit would have to be retrograde" -- you should add ", that is, in the opposite direction to the orbiting star".

within the Milky Way --> within the Milky Way Galaxy

at the just-right distance --> at just the right distance

You say that Gliese 581 c and Gliese 581 g are both super-Earths in the habitable zone, but later you say that "one such planet" was detected in the Gliese 581, without saying which one. OK, I can find out it is g by following the link, but you should say it, and perhaps explain why the other one is not suitable.

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