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A decade of extrasolar planets around normal stars : proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute symposium, held in Baltimore, Maryland, May 2-5, 2005 /
Humans have long thought that planetary systems similar to our own should exist around stars other than the Sun, yet the search for planets outside our Solar System has had a dismal history of discoveries that could not be confirmed. However, this all changed in 1995, after which astonishing progres...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores Corporativos: | , |
| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Space Telescope Science Institute symposium series ;
19. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Humans have long thought that planetary systems similar to our own should exist around stars other than the Sun, yet the search for planets outside our Solar System has had a dismal history of discoveries that could not be confirmed. However, this all changed in 1995, after which astonishing progress can be seen in this field; we now know of more than 200 extrasolar planets. These findings mark crucial milestones in the search for extraterrestrial life - arguably one of the most intriguing endeavors of modern science. These proceedings from the 2005 Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium on Extrasolar Planets explore one of the hottest topics in astronomy. Discussions include the Kepler mission, observational constraints on dust disk lifetimes and the implications for planet formation, and gravitational instabilities in protoplanetary disks. With review papers written by world experts in their fields, this is an important resource on extrasolar planets. |
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| Notas: | Published for the Space Telescope Science Institute. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 183 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780511457241 0511457243 0511455941 9780511455940 9780511536304 0511536305 1107188016 9781107188013 1281944572 9781281944573 9786611944575 6611944575 0511454155 9780511454158 0511453221 9780511453229 0511455194 9780511455193 |