| Title: | The new worlds : extrasolar planets / |
| Authors: | F. Casoli, Author ; Therese Encrenaz, Author |
| Material Type: | eBook |
| Publisher: | New York, NY : Springer, 2007 |
| Series: | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy |
| ISBN / ISSN / EAN : | 978-0-387-44906-7 |
| Size: | 1 online resource (xi, 188 p.) / col. ill. |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-184) and index |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | QB820 |
| Subjects: | Extrasolar planets ; Stars with planets |
| Description: | "There is a lot to be learned from studying extrasolar planets. However, the most tantalizing data is the possible discovery of Earthlike extrasolar planet, 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 might have evolved or still could evolve."--Jacket |
| Contents note: | Extrasolar planets: the holy grail of astronomers -- In search of exoplanets -- Twelve years of discovery -- What do we learn from our own solar system? -- The formation of planetary systems -- Life in the universe -- Future projects |
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