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Antarctica gets to -132?
Yeah and its not really habitable by humans. Its hard to just be there on Earth where there is oxygen.
Habitability in this usage means "a place where humans can live, either with or without technological assistance". In terms of temperature, this means the range of temperatures where machinery can reliably function. Of the temperatures found in the universe, this machinery-functionable range is actually extremely narrow