Predictive Rankings of the Probability for Temperate Terrestrial Worlds for the HWO ExEP Mission Star List

arXiv:2606.04105 · astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.IM · Submitted 2026-06-02 · Read on arXiv

Jamie Dietrich, Katelyn Ruppert, Austin Ware, Patrick A. Young

astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.IM

Submitted: 2026-06-02

Comments: 18 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication at AAS Journals

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Habitable Worlds Observatory — 3× in this paper
• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• HWO ExEP Mission Star List — 2× in this paper
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Microlensing — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP) Mission Star List for the Habitable Worlds Observatory (2023)
• HWO Target Stars and Systems: A Prioritized Community List of Potential Stellar Targets for the Habitable Worlds Observatory's ExoEarth Survey

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