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20 Jan 2014, 5:53 pm

Gas Giant - A massive planet such as Jupiter or Saturn composed mainly of gases with no solid surface.

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22 Jan 2014, 2:40 pm

H - Habitable Zone - The region around a star in which an orbiting planet could maintain conditions suitable for life. This typically means the region at which the temperature could be suitable for liquid water at the surface of the planet.

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26 Jan 2014, 11:39 am

I- Inositol. (I'm guessing an alien would have this, too? :lol: )

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10 Feb 2014, 4:15 pm

J - Jupiter

Jupiter's atmosphere has the compounds needed to create organic compounds such as amino acids in the atmosphere, but because of the volatility of the atmosphere, it would be difficult for life to actually form from those organic compounds.

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15 Feb 2014, 2:25 pm

K - knowledge representation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificia ... esentation

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15 Feb 2014, 4:21 pm

L- Life forms.

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15 Feb 2014, 5:04 pm

Mutagenesis

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16 Feb 2014, 1:59 am

Nucleic Acid - The molecules which carry genetic information, DNA and RNA.

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16 Feb 2014, 2:20 am

Optics

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16 Feb 2014, 2:27 am

Planetary Panspermia - The spreading of life between planets within the solar system.

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16 Feb 2014, 4:23 pm

Quadruped - a being (terrestrial or extraterrestrial) with four legs

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18 May 2014, 7:05 pm

R- Radiation (a problem for life)

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19 May 2014, 2:53 pm

S - Solar Radiation -- gotta keep warm

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T- Temperature (important for life)

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12 Aug 2014, 3:25 am

U- ultraviolet (a type of light that can affect the development of life)

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V - valence - important in the building of organic molecues

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