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ASTR3800 Astrobiology
ASTR3800: Astrobiology
Preamble
Who are these notes for?
Introduction to Python
Introduction to Markdown
Homework Assignments
Basic Planetary Science
1. Overview of the Solar System
2. Physics and Astrophysics
3. Planetary Heating and Atmospheres
Origins of Life
4. Life and its Requirements
5. Origins of Life
6. Early Earth
Life on Habitable Worlds
7. Hadean Earth & Archean Climate
8. Gaia & Oxygen
9. Life on Mars
10. Icy Worlds
Appendix
Student Participation (Fall 2022)
Extra Topics
Binder
Colab
Live Code
repository
open issue
.ipynb
.pdf
Contents
9.1. Mars and Astrobiology
9.2. Mars as a Planet
9.2.1. Requirements for Life to Originate on a Planet
9.3. The Potential for Life on Mars
9.3.1. Liquid Water
9.3.2. Climate Change
9.3.3. Biogenic Elements and Energy
9.3.4. Potential for Interplanetary Exchange
9.4. The Viking Mission
9.5. Claims for Life in the ALH84001 Meteorite
9.6. Searching For Life on Mars
Life on Mars
Contents
9.1. Mars and Astrobiology
9.2. Mars as a Planet
9.2.1. Requirements for Life to Originate on a Planet
9.3. The Potential for Life on Mars
9.3.1. Liquid Water
9.3.2. Climate Change
9.3.3. Biogenic Elements and Energy
9.3.4. Potential for Interplanetary Exchange
9.4. The Viking Mission
9.5. Claims for Life in the ALH84001 Meteorite
9.6. Searching For Life on Mars
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Life on Mars
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9.1.
Mars and Astrobiology
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9.2.
Mars as a Planet
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9.2.1.
Requirements for Life to Originate on a Planet
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9.3.
The Potential for Life on Mars
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9.3.1.
Liquid Water
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9.3.2.
Climate Change
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9.3.3.
Biogenic Elements and Energy
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9.3.4.
Potential for Interplanetary Exchange
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9.4.
The Viking Mission
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9.5.
Claims for Life in the ALH84001 Meteorite
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9.6.
Searching For Life on Mars
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