A decade of extrasolar planets around normal stars
Subtitle: proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute symposium, held in Baltimore, Maryland, May 2-5, 2005
By: edited by Mario Livio, Kailash Sahu, Jeff Valenti.
Contributors: Livio, Mario, 1945-; Sahu, Kailash.; Valenti, Jeff.; Space Telescope Science Institute (U.S.)
Series: Space Telescope Science Institute symposium series -- 19
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780521897846
Subjects: Extrasolar planets -- Congresses; Stars with planets -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: "Humans have long thought that planetary systems similar to our own should exist around stars other than the Sun, yet the search for planets outside our Solar System has had a dismal history of discoveries that could not be confirmed. However, this all changed in 1995, with the past decade witnessing astonishing progress in this field; we now know of more than 200 extrasolar planets. These findings mark crucial milestones in the search for extraterrestrial life - arguably one of the most intriguing endeavors of modern science." "These proceedings from the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium on extrasolar planets explore one of the hottest topics in astronomy today. Discussions include the Kepler mission, observational constraints on dust disk lifetimes and the implications for planet formation. and gravitational instabilities in protoplanetary disks. With review papers written by world experts in their fields, this is an important resource on extrasolar planets."--book jacket.
Notes: Published for the Space Telescope Science Institute.

Includes bibliographical references.