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Goldilocks zone en · NOUN

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.

Meanings

  1. Synonym of habitable zone.
    • This plot may be a map of another type of Goldilocks zone for habitable ocean worlds—one based on composition. 2021, Kevin Hand, Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 43:

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Goldilocks zones Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

Venus zone

Relateds

Goldilocks principle · Goldilocks planet

Synonyms

habitable zone