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The New Worlds - Extrasolar Planets (Paperback, 2007 ed.)
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The New Worlds - Extrasolar Planets (Paperback, 2007 ed.)
Series: Popular Astronomy
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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 words, a
place where life could evolve. The authors tackle this challenging
field of research by first looking at early searches for extrasolar
planets, the very first discoveries and the observational
techniques involved. They, then examine the very wide range of
extrasolar planets that have been discovered during the past ten
years and look at what we can learn about such planets by studying
the bodies in our own solar system.The formation of planetary
systems, the way in which such systems may evolve and the final
systems of planets that result are then discussed. Finally, Drs
Casoli and Encrenaz examine the possibilities for life on
extrasolar planets, again using our own solar system as a model,
and look to the plans for future extrasolar planet searches. A
number of Appendices summarise the extrasolar planet discoveries to
date.
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