Solar And Extra Solar Planetary Systems

Author : Marc Ollivier
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540757481
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Planetary Systems written by Marc Ollivier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-11-27 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past ten years, the discovery of extrasolar planets has opened a new field of astronomy, and this area of research is rapidly growing, from both the observational and theoretical point of view. The presence of many giant exoplanets in the close vicinity of their star shows that these newly discovered planetary systems are very different from the solar system. New theoretical models are being developed in order to understand their formation scenarios, and new observational methods are being implemented to increase the sensitivity of exoplanet detections. In the present book, the authors address the question of planetary systems from all aspects. Starting from the facts (the detection of more than 300 extraterrestrial planets), they first describe the various methods used for these discoveries and propose a synthetic analysis of their global properties. They then consider the observations of young stars and circumstellar disks and address the case of the solar system as a specific example, different from the newly discovered systems. Then the study of planetary systems and of exoplanets is presented from a more theoretical point of view. The book ends with an outlook to future astronomical projects, and a description of the search for life on exoplanets. This book addresses students and researchers who wish to better understand this newly expanding field of research.

Author : Bonnie Steves
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420083457
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Extra-Solar Planets written by Bonnie Steves and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting a main sequence star in 1995, nearly 500 planets have been detected, with this number expected to increase dramatically as new ground-based planetary searches begin to report their results. Emerging techniques offer the tantalizing possibility of detecting an Earth-mass planet in the habitable zon

Author : Tahir Yaqoob
Publisher : New Earth Labs
ISBN 13 : 0974168920
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exoplanets and Alien Solar Systems written by Tahir Yaqoob and published by New Earth Labs. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unprecedented number of planets outside of the solar system have been found, with an explosion in the number of discoveries in recent years. Find out what has been happening in this rapidly advancing arena of human exploration, what these extrasolar planets are like, and why some traditional ideas face being thrown out.

Author : Jean-Marie Mariotti
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401146233
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Planets Outside the Solar System: Theory and Observations written by Jean-Marie Mariotti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of the existence of other worlds and other living beings has been present in the human quest for knowledge since as far as Epicurus. For centuries this question belonged to the fields of philosophy and theology. The theoretical problem of the formation of the Solar System, and hence of other planetary systems, was tackled only during the 18th century, while the first observational attempts for a detection started less than one hundred years ago. Direct observation of an extra-solar planetary system is an extraordinarily difficult problem: extra-solar planets are at huge distances, are incredibly faint and are overwhelmed by the bright light of their own stars. With virtually no observational insight to test their models, theoreticians have remained for decades in a difficult position to make substantial progress. Yet, the field of stellar formation has provided since the 1980s both the the oretical and observational evidences for the formation of discs at the stage of star birth and for debris materials orbiting the very young stellar systems. It was tempting to consider that these left-overs might indeed later agglomerate into planetary systems more or less similar to ours. Then came observational evidences for planets outside the Solar System.

Author : Michael E. Summers
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588345955
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exoplanets written by Michael E. Summers and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past few years have seen an incredible explosion in our knowledge of the universe. Since its 2009 launch, the Kepler satellite has discovered more than two thousand exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. More exoplanets are being discovered all the time, and even more remarkable than the sheer number of exoplanets is their variety. In Exoplanets, astronomer Michael Summers and physicist James Trefil explore these remarkable recent discoveries: planets revolving around pulsars, planets made of diamond, planets that are mostly water, and numerous rogue planets wandering through the emptiness of space. This captivating book reveals the latest discoveries and argues that the incredible richness and complexity we are finding necessitates a change in our questions and mental paradigms. In short, we have to change how we think about the universe and our place in it, because it is stranger and more interesting than we could have imagined.

Author : Asit B. Bhattacharya
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498762077
Total Pages : 567 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Solar Planetary Systems written by Asit B. Bhattacharya and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors have put forth great efforts in gathering present day knowledge about different objects within our solar system and universe. This book features the most current information on the subject with information acquired from noted scientists in this area. The main objective is to convey the importance of the subject and provide detailed information on the physical makeup of our planetary system and technologies used for research. Information on educational projects has also been included in the Radio Astronomy chapters.This information is a real plus for students and educators considering a career in Planetary Science or for increasing their knowledge about our planetary system.

Author : Marc Ollivier
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783540757474
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Planetary Systems written by Marc Ollivier and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-12-17 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past ten years, the discovery of extrasolar planets has opened a new field of astronomy, and this area of research is rapidly growing, from both the observational and theoretical point of view. The presence of many giant exoplanets in the close vicinity of their star shows that these newly discovered planetary systems are very different from the solar system. New theoretical models are being developed in order to understand their formation scenarios, and new observational methods are being implemented to increase the sensitivity of exoplanet detections. In the present book, the authors address the question of planetary systems from all aspects. Starting from the facts (the detection of more than 300 extraterrestrial planets), they first describe the various methods used for these discoveries and propose a synthetic analysis of their global properties. They then consider the observations of young stars and circumstellar disks and address the case of the solar system as a specific example, different from the newly discovered systems. Then the study of planetary systems and of exoplanets is presented from a more theoretical point of view. The book ends with an outlook to future astronomical projects, and a description of the search for life on exoplanets. This book addresses students and researchers who wish to better understand this newly expanding field of research.

Author : I.P. Williams
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540448071
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Solar and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems written by I.P. Williams and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-01-11 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both the high level of activity in worldwide space exploration programmes and the discovery of extra-solar planets have spurred renewed interest in the physics and evolution dynamics of solar systems. The present book has grown out of a set of lectures by leading experts in the field within the framework of the well-known EADN summer schools. It addresses primarily graduate students and young researchers but will be equally useful for scientists in search of a comprehensive tutorial account that goes beyond the material found in standard textbooks.

Author : Marcus Chown
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 0762480742
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Solar System written by Marcus Chown and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now updated with the journeys of the 2012 Mars rover Curiosity and the 2020 Mars rover Perseverance, Solar System undertakes an astonishing visual journey through time and space through fascinating text, original graphics, and stunning photographs. Never before have the wonders of our solar system been so immediately accessible to readers of all ages. Award‑winning writer and broadcaster Marcus Chown combines science and history to visually and narratively explore our neighboring planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, comets and more, as well as the historical figures who aided in their discoveries. From the explosive surface of the sun to the new missions on Mars; from the gargantuan rings of Saturn to the volcanoes of Io; from the latest images of Pluto from NASA's New Horizons probe, to a simulation of what the Oort Cloud might look like, Solar System offers a window seat from which to view the beauty and magnificence of space.

Author : Stuart G. Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Extrasolar Planets written by Stuart G. Clark and published by . This book was released on 1998-11-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of the developments in the search for planetary-sized bodies orbiting Sun-like stars. Discusses the formation and evolution of stars and the processes leading to the formation of protoplanetary discs, planetesimals, embryonic planets and complete planetary systems. Also examined are the techniques currently being employed for the detection of extrasolar planets and the results of those searches, as well as the theoretical problems posed by giant planets with small orbital radii and those in eccentric orbits, brown dwarfs, and the possible planets around pulsars. The final chapter speculates on finding habitable and inhabited worlds. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR