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040 _cIIT Kanpur
041 _aeng
082 _a523.24
_bEx69
245 _aExoplanets
_cedited by Sara Seager; with the assistance of Renee Dotson; with 34 collaborating authors
260 _bUniversity of Arizona Press
_c2010
_aTucson
300 _axviii, 544p
440 _aThe university of Arizona space science series
490 _a/ edited by Richard P. Binzel
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aFor the first time in human history, we know for certain the existence of planets around other stars. Now the fastest-growing field in space science, the time is right for this fundamental source book on the topic which will lay the foundation for its continued growth. Exoplanets serves as both an introduction for the non-specialist and a foundation for the techniques and equations used in exoplanet observation by those dedicated to the field.
650 _aEarth sciences
650 _aSpace sciences
650 _aAstrobiology
650 _aEarth Sciences
650 _aPlanetology
650 _aAstronomy, observations and techniques
650 _aAstrophysics and astroparticles
650 _aExtraterrestrial physics
650 _aSpace sciences
650 _aAstrobiology
650 _aExtrasolar planets
700 _aSeager, Sara [ed.]
700 _aRenee Dotson [asst. ed.]
942 _cBK
999 _c567059
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