Planetary Systems Detection, Formation and Habitability of Extrasolar Planets /

• Main Authors: Ollivier, Marc (Author), Roques, Francoise (Author), Casoli, Fabienne (Author), Encrenaz, Thérèse (Author), Selsis, Franck (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Astronomy And Astrophysics Library,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Space sciences.; Astrobiology.; Earth Sciences.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

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...