New Worlds Extrasolar Planets

Name: New Worlds Extrasolar Planets
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ISBN: 9780387449067

ISBN-10: 038744906X

ISBN-13: 9780387449067

Edition: 2007

Authors: Fabienne Casoli, Therese Encrenaz

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The detection and exploration of extrasolar planets is one of the most exciting and fast moving areas of astronomical research at the present time. With over forty research programmes ongoing, and just as many planned, the search for these new worlds has become the main objective for a new generation of giant ground-based telescopes as well as many future space missions. Experimental methods and observational techniques are pushing existing instruments to their limits. The most exciting possibility offered by this research is the discovery of Earth-like extrasolar planets, with a mass comparable to that of Earth, located at the right distance from its star to host liquid water in other…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Springer New York
Publication date: 4/25/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 188
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.61" long x 0.18" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English




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