How would you calculate the habitable surface area on Gliese 667 Cc?

How could I calculate the habitable bounds, in relation to temperature, near the twilight zone of Gliese 667 Cc? Assuming an Earth-like atmosphere and no tidal working.

Here are the numbers that I have been using:

• Parent star Temperature = $3350\text{ K}$
• Distance from star = $25.4\times10^6\text{ km}$
• Radius = $9\,800\text{ km}$
• Surface area = $1.2\times10^9\text{ km}^2$

I have little experience in astrophysics, or basic physics for that matter, so my understanding of heat dissipation through space is poor at best. In my mind, since I have the temperature of a heat source, a distance to the center of the planet, and the planet's farthest points from the center (25.4 million km ± 9,800 km), it wouldn't be difficult to calculate if you understood radiant flux and such.

posted almost 7 years ago

Tristong‭

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