C R Kitchin

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Exoplanets: Finding, Exploring, and Understanding Alien Worlds (2012)Paperback - 2012, 1 November 2011

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Part of Series
Astronomers' Universe
Print Length
281 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
1 Nov 2011
ISBN-10
1461406439
ISBN-13
9781461406433

Description

Exoplanets: Finding, Exploring, and Understanding Alien Worlds probes the basis for possible answers to the fundamentals questions asked about these planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. This book examines what such planets might be like, where they are, and how we find them.

Until around ten years ago, the only planets that we knew about were within the Solar System. The first genuine planet beyond the confines of the Solar System was discovered only 1988. Since then another 350 or so exoplanets have been detected by various methods, and most of these haven been found in the last ten years. Although many more exoplanets discoveries may be expected to occur even as this book is being read, a large enough data set is now available to form the basis for an informed general account of exoplanets.

The topic hence is an extremely "hot" one - all the more so because the recently launched Kepler spacecraft should soon start uncovering many more exoplanets, some perhaps comparable with the Earth (and therefore possibly alternative homes for mankind, if we could ever reach them). Exoplanets: Finding, Exploring, and Understanding Alien Life gives a comprehensive, balances, and above all accurate account of exoplanets.

Product Details

Author:
C R Kitchin
Book Edition:
2012
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
NL
Date Published:
1 November 2011
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.78 cm
Genre:
Science/Technology Aspects
ISBN-10:
1461406439
ISBN-13:
9781461406433
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
281
Publisher:
Weight:
589.67 gm

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