• Question: What is the goldilocks area?

    Asked by simmonsy to Adam on 14 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
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      Adam Tuff answered on 14 Mar 2011:


      The Goldilocks region is the orbital region around a star where it, just as in the story, is “not too hot, not too cold”, for life, as we know it, to exist. Luckily our planet is in the Goldilocks zone! The distance this zone is from a star depends on what type of star it is. Good question!

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