A Decade of Extrasolar Planets around Normal Stars - Proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium, held in Baltimore, Maryland May 2-5, 2005 (Hardcover)

Humans have long thought that planetary systems similar to our own should exist around stars other than the Sun, yet the search for planets outside our Solar System has had a dismal history of discoveries that could not be confirmed. However, this all changed in 1995, with the past decade witnessing astonishing progress in this field; we now know of more than 200 extrasolar planets. These findings mark crucial milestones in the search for extraterrestrial life - arguably one of the most intriguing endeavors of modern science. These proceedings from the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium on Extrasolar Planets explore one of the hottest topics in astronomy today. Discussions include the Kepler mission, observational constraints on dust disk lifetimes and the implications for planet formation, and gravitational instabilities in protoplanetary disks. With review papers written by world experts in their fields, this is an important resource on extrasolar planets.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series
Release date:	June 2008
First published:	June 2008
Editors:	Mario Livio • Kailash Sahu • Jeff Valenti
Dimensions:	253 x 178 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	196
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-89784-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Galaxies, clusters, intergalactic matter > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics
LSN:	0-521-89784-X
Barcode:	9780521897846

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