List of potentially habitable moons
The Moon, Io, and Earth shown to scale. Although significantly smaller, some of the Solar System's moons and dwarf planets share similarities to Earth's density and temperature resulting in relatively high ESIs. It is theoretically possible for Earth-sized extrasolar moons and other non-planets to have high ESIs.
The ESI can be applied to objects other than planets, including natural satellites, dwarf planets and asteroids,[1] though comparisons typically draw lower global ESI due to the lower average density and temperature of these objects, at least for those known in the Solar System.[2] Not many potentially habitable exomoons have been discovered yet. However we have found at least one exomoon that could harbour life as we know, this list also includes the moons of the Solar System.
An Artist's impression of a potentially habitable exomoon with liquid water, orbiting around a Class II gas giant (Upsilon Andromedae d)
Table
Note that this table also includes non-planatary objects such as dwarf planets and asteroids.
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Name | ESI | SPH | HZD | HZC | HZA | pClass | hClass | Distance (ly) | Status | Year of discovery | |
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| 0N/A | !Earth | 1.00 | 0.72 | -0.50 | -0.31 | -0.52 | warm terran | mesoplanet | 0 | non-exoplanet | prehistoric | |
| 1 | KOI-433.02 m | 0.93 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | -0.45 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | warm terran | mesoplanet | ?? | Kepler Candidate | ||
| 2 | HD 222582 b m | 0.86 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | -0.75 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | warm subterran | mesoplanet | 136.8 | Unconfirmed | ||
| 3 | Moon | 0.559 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | warm subterran | 0 | non-exoplanet | prehistoric | ||
| 4 | Io | 0.362 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | cold subterran | 0 | non-exoplanet | prehistoric | ||
| 5 | Callisto | 0.338 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | cold subterran | 0 | non-exoplanet | prehistoric | ||
| 6 | Ganymede | 0.289 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | cold subterran | 0 | non-exoplanet | prehistoric | ||
| 7 | Charon | 0.2781 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | 2.6030 | -0.7823 | -1.7153 | cold astrodian[3] | 0 | non-exoplanet | prehistoric | ||
| 8 | Ceres | 0.271 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | cold subterran | 0 | non-exoplanet | prehistoric | ||
| 9 | Europa | 0.262 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | cold subterran | 0 | non-exoplanet | prehistoric | ||
| 10 | 4 Vesta | 0.256 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | cold asteroidan | 0 | non-exoplanet | prehistoric | ||
| 11 | Titan | 0.242 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | cold subterran | 0 | non-exoplanet | prehistoric | ||
| 12 | 2 Pallas | 0.222 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | cold asteroidan | 0 | non-exoplanet | prehistoric | ||
| 13 | Iapetus | 0.211 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | cold subterran | 0 | non-exoplanet | prehistoric | ||
| 14 | Titania | 0.104 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | cold subterran | 0 | non-exoplanet | prehistoric | ||
| 15 | Enceladus | 0.094 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | cold subterran | 0 | non-exoplanet | prehistoric | ||
| 16 | Pluto | 0.094 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | cold subterran | 0 | non-exoplanet | prehistoric | ||
| 17 | Triton | 0.074 | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | style="background-color: hsl( Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?"., 100%, 75%);" |?? | cold subterran | 0 | non-exoplanet | prehistoric | ||
References
- ↑ Dyches, Preston; Chou, Felcia (7 April 2015). "The Solar System and Beyond is Awash in Water". NASA. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ pg 143. Multivariate and other worksheets for R (or S-Plus): a miscellany P.M.E.Altham, Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge. January 10, 2013
- ↑ http://www.fedtrek.com/staff/omega13a/celestia/omega_galaxy/index.php?mode=view&type=moon&num=18&parent_id=83577&star=1125863