Desert planet

Mars, an example of a cold desert planet, seen by the Mars Orbiter Mission space probe

A desert planet, also known as a dry planet, an arid planet, or a dune planet, is a type of terrestrial planet with an arid surface consistency similar to Earth's deserts. Mars is a prominent example of a desert planet in the Solar System.[1]

History

A 2011 study suggested that not only are life-sustaining desert planets possible, but that they might be more common than Earth-like planets.[2] The study found that, when modeled, desert planets had a much larger habitable zone than ocean planets.[2] The same study also speculated that Venus may have once been a habitable desert planet as recently as 1 billion years ago.[2] It is also predicted that Earth will become a desert planet within a billion years due to the Sun's increasing luminosity.[2]

A study conducted in 2013 concluded that hot desert planets without runaway greenhouse effect can exist in 0.5 AU around Sun-like stars. In that study, it was concluded that a minimum humidity of 1% is needed to wash off carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but too much water can act as a greenhouse gas itself. Higher atmospheric pressures increase the range in which the water can remain liquid.[3]

Science fiction

The concept has become a common setting in science fiction,[4] appearing as early as the 1956 film Forbidden Planet and Frank Herbert's 1965 novel Dune.[5][6][7] The environment of the desert planet Arrakis (also known as Dune) in the Dune franchise drew inspiration from the Middle East, particularly the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf, as well as Mexico.[8] Dune in turn inspired the desert planets which prominently appear in the Star Wars franchise,[9] including the planets Tatooine, Geonosis, and Jakku.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mars". NASA Solar System Exploration. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  2. ^ a b c d Choi, Charles Q. (September 2, 2011). "Alien Life More Likely on Dune Planets". Astrobiology Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
  3. ^ Andras Zsom; Sara Seager; Julien de Wit; Vlada Stamenkovic (September 4, 2013). "Towards the Minimum Inner Edge Distance of the Habitable Zone". The Astrophysical Journal. 778 (2): 109. arXiv:1304.3714. Bibcode:2013ApJ...778..109Z. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/778/2/109. S2CID 27805994.
  4. ^ Touponce, William F. (1988). "Intellectual Background". Frank Herbert. Boston: Twayne Publishers imprint, G. K. Hall & Co. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-8057-7514-3.
  5. ^ Wright, Les. "Forbidden Planet (1956)". Culturevulture.net (Internet Archive). Archived from the original on May 7, 2006. Retrieved May 7, 2006.
  6. ^ Hladik, Tamara I. "Classic Sci-Fi Reviews: Dune". SciFi.com. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2008.
  7. ^ Michaud, Jon (July 12, 2013). "Dune Endures". The New Yorker. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  8. ^ Lynch, Tom; Glotfelty, Cheryll; Armbruster, Karla (2012). The Bioregional Imagination: Literature, Ecology, and Place. University of Georgia Press. p. 230. ISBN 9780820343679.
  9. ^ "Star Wars is Dune". D. A. Houdek. Retrieved October 1, 2006.

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