Exoplanets : detection, formation, properties, habitability

An extrasolar planet or exoplanet is a planet orbiting a star (or remnant of a star) beyond our Solar System. As of autumn 2007, about 250 exoplanets had been discovered around 220 di?erent stars, including nearly two dozen multiple planet systems. No less than ?ve exoplanets have been discovered or...

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Altri autori: Mason, John W. (Redattore)
Natura: Livre numérique
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Edizione:1st ed. 2008.
Serie:Astronomy and Planetary Sciences
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Edition sous un autre format:• Exoplanets, detection, formation, properties, habitability, John W. Mason (editor), Berlin, Springer, 2007, 1 vol. (314 p.), 3-540-74007-4
Sommario:
  • Detection Methods and Properties of Known Exoplanets Doppler Exoplanet Surveys: From Single Object to Multiple Objects Detection of Extrasolar Planets by Gravitational Microlensing Formation and Evolution of Terrestrial Planets in Protoplanetary and Debris Disks The Brown Dwarf Exoplanet Connection Close-Orbiting Exoplanets: Formation, Migration Mechanisms and Properties Dynamics of Multiple Planet Systems Searching for Exoplanets in the Stellar Graveyard Formation, Dynamical Evolution, and Habitability of Planets in Binary Star Systems Planetary Environmental Signatures for Habitability and Life Moons of Exoplanets: Habitats for Life?