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The Drake Equation.
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- N, equals the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which communication might be possible.
- R *, equals the average number of star formation per year in our galaxy.
- f sub p, equals the fraction of those stars that have planets.
- n sub e, equals the average number of planets that can potentially support life per star that has planets.
- f sub l, equals the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop life at some point.
- f sub i, equals the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop intelligent life (i.e. civilizations).
- f sub c, equals the fraction of civilizations that develop a technology that releases detectable signs of their existence into space.
- L, equals the length of time for which such civilizations release detectable signals into space.
- NOTE: Drake states that given the uncertainties, the original meeting concluded that N is approximately equal to L, and there were probably between 1000 and 100,000,000 civilizations in the galaxy.
REFERENCE: en.wikipedia.org/
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Last Edited: 08:07:20 AM Mon, May 20 2013.
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