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Planets: ours and other from earth to exoplanets/ Therese Encrenaz.

By: Encrenaz, ThereseMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New Jersey : World Scientific, 2013Description: xviii, 187p. : col. ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9789814525152Subject(s): Extrasolar planets | PlanetsDDC classification: 523.4

Contents:

1. How to explore planets -- The earth in space -- Telescopic observations -- Observations from space -- Searching for exoplanets -- 2. The birth of planets -- A formation within a disk -- A common scenario in the Universe -- What is the age of the solar system? -- The main steps of planetary formation -- Telluric planets and giant planets -- Between the two families of planets: asteroids -- Pluto and the transneptunian objects -- 3. Exploring planet Earth -- Rocks and metals: a differentiated internal structure -- A terrestrial singularity: plate tectonics -- Formation of terrestrial relief: the isostasy principle -- Our natural environment: the terrestrial atmosphere -- The water cycle: another specificity of Earth -- Between the Earth and space, the magnetosphere -- A brief history of the Earth's climate -- The Earth-Moon couple: a double system -- The Earth, a unique planet ... -- 4. The neighbors of the Earth -- Closest to the Sun, Mercury -- A Moon that looks like Mercury -- Venus, the furnace -- Mars, a desert word -- Comparative evolution of terrestrial planets: the role of water -- 5. A little further, the giant planets -- Two classes of giant planets -- From Jupiter to Neptune: four decades of exploration -- The outer satellites -- 6. Exoplanets, the new worlds -- A long quest marked with failures -- Fifteen years later, the situation -- The formation of planetary systems -- How to classify exoplanets? -- From detection to characterization -- 7. Searching for habitable worlds -- A new discipline, astrobiology -- Life elsewhere in the solar system? -- Life on exoplanets? -- Searching for inhabited worlds.

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1. How to explore planets --
The earth in space --
Telescopic observations --
Observations from space --
Searching for exoplanets --
2. The birth of planets --
A formation within a disk --
A common scenario in the Universe --
What is the age of the solar system? --
The main steps of planetary formation --
Telluric planets and giant planets --
Between the two families of planets: asteroids --
Pluto and the transneptunian objects --
3. Exploring planet Earth --
Rocks and metals: a differentiated internal structure --
A terrestrial singularity: plate tectonics --
Formation of terrestrial relief: the isostasy principle --
Our natural environment: the terrestrial atmosphere --
The water cycle: another specificity of Earth --
Between the Earth and space, the magnetosphere --
A brief history of the Earth's climate --
The Earth-Moon couple: a double system --
The Earth, a unique planet ... --
4. The neighbors of the Earth --
Closest to the Sun, Mercury --
A Moon that looks like Mercury --
Venus, the furnace --
Mars, a desert word --
Comparative evolution of terrestrial planets: the role of water --
5. A little further, the giant planets --
Two classes of giant planets --
From Jupiter to Neptune: four decades of exploration --
The outer satellites --
6. Exoplanets, the new worlds --
A long quest marked with failures --
Fifteen years later, the situation --
The formation of planetary systems --
How to classify exoplanets? --
From detection to characterization --
7. Searching for habitable worlds --
A new discipline, astrobiology --
Life elsewhere in the solar system? --
Life on exoplanets? --
Searching for inhabited worlds.

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