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Nov 2009
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Lecture 30: Goldilocks and the Three Pla...

Richard Pogge
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Why is the Earth habitable today but Venus and Mars not? This lecture explores the question of planetary habitability from the perspective of the stability of liquid water on the surface of planetary bodies. We will see how the amount of sunlight and the greenhouse effect in the atmosphere combine to create a classic Goldilocks problem: whether or not a pl ... Show More
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