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Under a Crimson Sun: Prospects for Life in a Red Dwarf System - Astronomers' Universe
David S. Stevenson
This book offers an insight into the habitability of planets, including Earth, and how this changes as time progresses and the central star evolves. It examines life in all its complexity on a tidally locked super-Earth called Gliese 581 d.
338 pages, 60 colour illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 9, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9781461481324 |
| Publishers | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Pages | 324 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 20 mm · 675 g |
| Language | English |
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