Exoplanets : Finding, Exploring, and Understanding Alien Worlds
Since 1992 there has been an explosion in the discovery of planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. There are now around 600 alien planets that we know about and that number is likely to break through the 1,000 barrier within a couple of years. The recent launch of the Kepler space telescope speci...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Sprache: | Anglais |
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. 2012. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Astronomers' Universe
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Exoplanets, finding, exploring, and understanding alien worlds, Chris Kitchin, New York, Springer, 2012, 1 vol. (281 p.), Astronomers' universe, 978-1-4614-0643-3 • Exoplanets, Texte imprimé, 9781461406457 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1: Because WE live on one!: Why planets and exoplanets are important Chapter 2: A quick tour of the exoplanet menagerie Chapter 3: An exoplanet retrospective Chapter 4: In the beginning: the first exoplanet discoveries Chapter 5: On the track of alien planets: The radial velocity or Doppler method Chapter 6: On the track of alien planets: The transit method Chapter 7: On the track of alien planets: direct imaging and observation Chapter 8: On the track of alien planets: Gravitational microlensing Chapter 9: On the track of alien planets: Timing Chapter 10: On the track of alien planets: Other approaches Chapter 11: Where do we go from here?: Future approaches to exoplanet detection and study Chapter 12: Exoplanets revealed: what they are really like Chapter 13: Exoplanets and exoplanetary systems: Pasts and futures Chapter 14: Future homes for humankind? Appendices Appendix I: Nomenclature or What's in a name.- Appendix II: Note on distances, sizes, and masses, etc. Appendix III: Further reading.- Appendix IV: Technical background Appendix V: Names, Acronyms, and Abbreviations Index.