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Goldilocks zone
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English
habitable zone
Etymology
So called because, like the third of the three bowls of porridge in the fairy tale Goldilocks, it is neither too hot nor too cold, but just right.
Noun
en habitable zone.
en 2021 Kevin Hand Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space Princeton University Press 9780691227283 43 https://books.google.com/books?id=Lb8lEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43&dq=%22Mimas%22+ocean&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Mimas%22%20ocean&f=false This plot may be a map of another type of Goldilocks zone for habitable ocean worlds—one based on composition.
Coordinate terms
en Venus zone
Related terms
en Goldilocks planet
en Goldilocks principle
Translations
habitable zone
en eponyms
en Astrobiology Orbits Places