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Main ways in which stars influence the climate and surface habitability of their planets

Martin Turbet

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We present a brief overview of the main effects by which a star will have an impact (positive or negative) on the surface habitability of planets in orbit around it. Specifically, we review how spectral, spatial and temporal variations in the incident flux on a planet can alter the atmosphere and climate of a planet and thus its surface habitability. For illustrative purposes, we emphasize the differences between planets orbiting solar-type stars and late M-stars. The latter are of particular interest as they constitute the first sample of potentially habitable exoplanets accessible for surface and atmospheric characterization in the coming years.

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hal-03432827 , version 1 (17-11-2021)

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Martin Turbet, Franck Selsis. Main ways in which stars influence the climate and surface habitability of their planets. Proceedings of the Evry Schatzman School 2019 on "Star-Planet Interactions". EDP, Eds Bigot, Bouvier, Lebreton, Chiavassa.", In press. ⟨hal-03432827⟩

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