Exoplanets: detection, formation, properties, habitability

✍ Scribed by Mason, John W

Publisher: Praxis Publ., Springer
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Leaves: 328
Series: Springer praxis books in astronomy and planetary sciences
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

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?.

✦ Subjects

Extrasolar planets;Extrasolarer Planet;Aufsatzsammlung

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