The New Worlds: Extrasolar Planets

by Fabienne Casoli and Thérèse Encrenaz

Book Overview

Offering an engaging and complete story of the hunt for new worlds, this volume fully details the detection and exploration of extrasolar planets. Coverage begins by first looking at early searches for extrasolar planets, the very first discoveries, and the observational techniques involved. The book examines the very wide range of extrasolar planets that have been discovered during the past ten years and looks at what can be learned about such...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038744906X
• ISBN13: 9780387449067
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.4"