Worlds Beyond Our Own The Search for Habitable Planets /

This is a book on planets: Solar system planets and dwarf planets. And planets outside our solar system - exoplanets. How did they form? What types of planets are there and what do they have in common? How do they differ? What do we know about their atmospheres - if they have one? What are the condi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sengupta, Sujan (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Astronomers' Universe,
Subjects:
Astronomy.
Planetary science.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Planetary Science.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Hierarchy in the Universe
  • A Brief History of the Solar System
  • Climate of the Solar Planets
  • Brown Dwarfs: The Missing Link Between Stars and Planets
  • Discovery of Extra-Solar Planets
  • The Zoo of Planets
  • Life - A Delicate Process
  • In Search of Another Earth - An Extremely Rare Planet
  • Epilogue.

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