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Exoplanets : diamond worlds, super-Earths, pulsar planets, and the new search for life beyond our solar system / Michael Summers, James Trefil.
Author
Summers, Michael, 1954-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2017]
©2017
Description
218 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
QB820 .S86 2017
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Extrasolar planets
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Planets
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Life on other planets
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Extraterrestrial beings
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Author
Trefil, James, 1938-
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Nonfiction
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Summary note
"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"--NoveList.
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Includes index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Not your grandfather's galaxy
Our backyard
A plurality of worlds
What is a planet?
The Kepler spacecraft
55 Cancri E : diamond world
Haven : rogue planet
Ice world
Kepler 186f : super Earth, archipelago world
Gliese 1214b : water world
Life on Earth
The search for extraterrestrial life
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence
The Fermi Paradox.
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ISBN
9781588345943
1588345947
9781588346254
1588346250
LCCN
2016018596
OCLC
950004255
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