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This edited, multi-author volume will be an invaluable introduction and reference to all key aspects in the field of exoplanet research. The reviews cover: Detection methods and properties of known exoplanets, Detection of extrasolar planets by gravitational microlensing. The formation and evolution of terrestrial planets in protoplanetary and debris disks. The brown dwarf-exoplanet connection. Formation, migration mechanisms and properties of hot Jupiters. Dynamics of multiple exoplanet systems. Doppler exoplanet surveys. Searching for exoplanets in the stellar graveyard. Formation and habitability of extra solar planets in multiple star systems. Exoplanet habitats and the possibilities for life. Moons of exoplanets: habitats for life.§Contributing authors: Rory Barnes David P. Bennett Jian Ge Nader Haghighipour Patrick Irwin Hugh Jones Victoria Meadows Stanimir Metchev I. Neill Reid George Rieke Caleb Scharf Steinn Sigurdsson

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Astronomy, space & time Solar system: the Sun & planets

• Full title: Exoplanets
• Subtitle: Detection, Formation, Properties, Habitability
• Author: John W. Mason
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 314
• EAN: 9783540740070
• ISBN: 3540740074
• ID: 01568979
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Weight: 815 g
• Dimensions: 244 × 170 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 31. January 2008

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