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| View Larger Image | Extrasolar Planets: A Catalog of Discoveries in Other Star Systems | Paperbackby Terry L. Kepner (Author)
| List Price: | $49.95 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | McFarland | | Page Count: | 206 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 06, 2005 | | Sales Rank: | 2,496,324nd |
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Astronomers have long looked in vain for evidence of worlds orbiting other stars, but technological advances have made such discoveries far more regular. Several teams continuously work on the planet search using a variety of techniques and equipment; as a result, we know of 161 planetary candidates in 135 star systems, from 8.25 to 9,000 light-years from Earth. This work summarizes information on all the extrasolar planets discovered. Each planet is described in as much detail as is available with graphs indicating how the planet orbits its primary. Details on the primary are given. Additionally, the boundaries of the habitability zone around each star are plotted, and information about the likelihood of terrestrial planets existing in each system is provided. Five appendices are included on such topics as withdrawn and tentative discoveries, the constellations, and masses and orbital characteristics of extrasolar planets. |
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161 planetary candidates in 135 star systems ranging from 8.25 to 9,000 light-years from Earth by Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)  5 Stars
November 14, 2005
Extrasolar Planets: A Catalog Of Discoveries In Other Star Systems by astronomy enthusiast Terry Kepner very nicely summarizes the current state of our information about 161 planetary candidates in 135 star systems ranging from 8.25 to 9,000 light-years from Earth. The superbly written and presented text is enhanced with graphs indicating how the planet orbits its primary with details on the primary provided as well. The boundaries of the "habitability zone" around each star are plotted, and information about the likelihood of terrestrial category plants existing in each system is included as well. Additionally, there are five appendices included covering such topics as withdrawn and tentative discovers, the constellations, as well as masses and orbital characteristics of extrasolar planets. Terry Kepner's Extrasolar Plants is sufficiently scholarly to warrant its inclusion into academic library Astronomical Studies collections, as well as ideal for the non-specialist general reader with an interest in astronomy.
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