Need excuse for why a star supports life.

Subject: Need excuse for why a star supports life.

Date: Sun Jul 9 23:05:45 2000
Posted by Mike
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I'm building a fictitional solar system around an F5 star. I have been told that this would not be a good choice because of its low metal content. So I need to know if the star's nature would inhibit life developing, and if so, are there any loopholes I can use to explain life developing despite the difficulties?

PS - Would there be any important statistial (mass, density, etc) difference between two almost identical stars with different luminosities? Say, a G4 III and a G5 III?

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