part ii: building a goldilocks world from the big bang to habitable planets
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Part II: Building a Goldilocks WorldPart II: Building a Goldilocks World
From the Big Bang to Habitable PlanetsFrom the Big Bang to Habitable Planets
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Outline:
Formation of the planets
Distribution (and redistribution) of volatiles
Heat production and transport
Radiation budget
The traditional habitable zoneBased on the approach in Jim Kasting’s “How to Find a
Habitable Planet”
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Planet Formation
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Chambers, 2001
Modeling Accretion
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Condensation of Volatiles in the Circumstellar Disk
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Jupiter Uranus
Distance from Sun (AU)
Saturn
Tem
pera
ture
(K
)Earth
20
2000
1000
151050
Silicates
Metals
Water Ice
Ammonia Ice
Condensation of Volatiles in the Circumstellar Disk
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But not so much the presence of Earth’s oceans . . .
This model does a good job of explaining the distribution of rocky, gas giant, and ice
giant planets
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Volatiles are redistributed from the outer to the inner solar system by asteroids and comets (which, recall,
carry more than just volatiles . . . )
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Heat
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Accretion and Impacts Deliver Energy(much of which becomes heat)
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So does radioactive decay . . .
238U → 234Th + α(this is nuclear fission (= energy – remember?))
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Consequences of Interior HeatingI. Differentiation
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II. Liquid Core = Earth’s Dynamo (Magnetic Field)
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III. Volcanism and Plate Tectonics(important for many reasons – we’ll discuss one now, one later)
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Volcanic activity connects the terminals
=
A chemically and thermally differentiated planet is like a
battery . . .
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Chemical Energy for LifeChemical Energy for Life
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Bigger bodies (= higher SA/Vol) cool more slowly, and may have more active or longer lasting volcanism as a result
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Nope.
Only about 0.025% of
surface heating comes from
geothermal heat flux.
The rest comes from…
Is this geological heating what
keeps the surface of our planet
warm (and our water in liquid
form)?
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Solar Solar RadiatioRadiation Budgetn Budget
Solar Solar RadiatioRadiation Budgetn Budget
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(mostly visible)
(mostly infrared)
(NASA Earth Observatory)
Radiation intercepted by planet goes as 1/d2
d
Radiation Budget
Absorbed (Visible) Energy =Radiated (Infrared) Energy
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TooHot
TooCold
JustRight
Got Liquid Surface Water?(simple view)
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Negative Feedback on Greenhouse Warming
The Carbonate Silicate Cycle
(courtesy Jim Kasting)
Constant source while volcanism is active
Enhanced by higher temperature, more CO2
Puts CO2 back into circulation
Enhanced by biology.
Would still happen without, but with higher CO2 levels
Ocean-atmosphere exchange required to
make this happen
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Cautionary Tales for Worlds Aspiring to Habitability
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Venus and the Runaway Greenhouse
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Mars: The Case of the Missing Greenhouse
Effect
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The Traditional (Liquid Water) Habitable Zone
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Extras
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year
century
million yr.
billion yr.
ten thousand yr.
100 millionmillion10,00010010.01
Hiroshima
Tunguska
K/T
TNT equivalent yield (MT)
Global catastrophe
Tsunami danger
(Credit: D. Morrison)
Terrestrial ImpactFrequency
“Armageddon” Impact(Texas-sized!)
“Catastrophic” depends on who you are and where you live . . .
“Catastrophic” depends on who you are and where you live . . .
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Temperature (°C)
Dep
th (
km)
2
0
200
1
1000
Geotherm
al Gradient
Surface-Sterilizing Impacts
(Sleep & Zahnle, 1998)
Habitable
Heat-Sterilized
Impact Heating
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Effects of Impacts on
Established Life:
Interplanetary Transfer of Life?