habitable zone

English

Noun

habitable zone (plural habitable zones)

1. The zone around a star where a planet could experience temperatures like those on Earth, allowing for the possible existence of liquid water and of life.

Synonyms

• Goldilocks zone
• circumstellar habitable zone

Derived terms

• galactic habitable zone
• continuously habitable zone

Translations

the planetary zone that could sustain life

• Catalan: zona d'habitabilitat f
• Dutch: Goudlokjesgebied n
• Finnish: elinkelpoinen vyöhyke
• French: zone habitable (fr) f
• German: habitable Zone f, Lebenszone f, Ökosphäre f (dated)
• Polish: strefa Złotowłosej (pl) f
• Russian: зо́на Златовла́ски f (zóna Zlatovláski)
• Spanish: zona de habitabilidad f

See also

• Venus zone