We hypothesize that the process of panspermia and terraformation in our model will lead to a population of planets with anomalously high positive correlations between their spatial locations and compositions.
By clustering on the planet compositions, we can begin to pin down clusters of planets driving these correlations and hypothesize that life would compactly change planetary compositions.
We evaluate how well our clusters reflect the presence of truly terraformed planets, suggesting that both spatial and compositional data can help identify these worlds.
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