Planetary diversity : rocky planet processes and their observational signatures /
The last thirty years have seen an irrevocable change in the field of planetary science with the discovery of the first planets around stars other than our own Sun. While approximately twenty percent of the exoplanets we have discovered are close in size to the Earth, the similarity of their surface...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , , , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) :
IOP Publishing,
[2020]
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Colección: | IOP (Series). Release 21.
AAS-IOP astronomy. 2021 collection. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The last thirty years have seen an irrevocable change in the field of planetary science with the discovery of the first planets around stars other than our own Sun. While approximately twenty percent of the exoplanets we have discovered are close in size to the Earth, the similarity of their surface environment to our home world remains unknown. This book presents an exploration of the potential diversity of rocky planets through a quantitative study of how planetary processes change as properties deviate from the Earth. Changes in four specific properties are considered: the presence of a magnetic field, the production and loss of internal heat, planetary composition and volatile abundance. |
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Notas: | "Version: 20201201"--Title page verso. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). Also available in print. |
Público: | Astrophysicists and planetary scientists focussing on exoplanets. In particular, graduate students and researchers. |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9780750321402 9780750321396 |
ISSN: | 2514-3433 |