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The Search for Extra-Solar Terrestrial Planets: Techniques and Technology

Proceedings of a Conference held in Boulder, Colorado, May 14–17, 1995

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1997

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  1. J. M. Shull

    1. University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

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  2. H. A. Thronson

    1. University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA
      NASA Headquarters, Office of Space Sciences, USA

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  3. S. A. Stern

    1. Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, USA

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Table of contents (12 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-2
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  2. Planetary Atmosphere Evolution: Do Other Habitable Planets Exist and Can We Detect Them?

    • James F. Kasting
    Pages 3-24

  3. Ways that Our Solar System Helps Us Understand the Formation of Other Planetary Systems and Ways that it Doesn’t

    • George W. Wetherill
    Pages 25-34

  4. Photometric Search for Extrasolar Planets

    • J. Schneider
    Pages 35-42

  5. Radial Velocity Searches for Other Planetary Systems: Current Status and Future Prospects

    • W. D. Cochran, A. P. Hatzes
    Pages 43-60

  6. Demonstration of Photon-Noise Limit in Stellar Radial Velocities

    • P. Connes, M. Martic, J. Schmitt
    Pages 61-76

  7. Aspects of Astrometric Searches for Other Planetary Systems

    • Harold A. McAlister
    Pages 77-84

  8. Astrometric Detection of Earth-Like Planets with OSI

    • Michael Shao
    Pages 85-88

  9. Astrometry from Space: GAIA and Planet Detection

    • S. Casertano, M. G. Lattanzi, M. A. C. Perryman, A. Spagna
    Pages 89-104

  10. Ground-Based Interferometry

    • Michael Shao
    Pages 105-110

  11. FRESIP: A Mission to Determine the Character and Frequency of Extra-Solar Planets Around Solar-Like Stars

    • W. J. Borucki, E. W. Dunham, D. G. Koch, W. D. Cochran, J. D. Rose, D. K. Cullers et al.
    Pages 111-134

  12. The Darwin Project

    • A. Léger, J. M. Mariotti, B. Mennesson, M. Ollivier, J. L. Puget, D. Rouan et al.
    Pages 135-146

  13. Public Involvement in Extra-Solar Planet Detection

    • Pat Dasch
    Pages 147-153

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 155-156
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

    J. M. Shull

  • University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA

    H. A. Thronson

  • NASA Headquarters, Office of Space Sciences, USA

    H. A. Thronson

  • Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, USA

    S. A. Stern

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Search for Extra-Solar Terrestrial Planets: Techniques and Technology

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Conference held in Boulder, Colorado, May 14–17, 1995

  • Editors: J. M. Shull, H. A. Thronson, S. A. Stern

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5808-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4474-2Published: 31 March 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6453-8Published: 04 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-5808-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: III, 156

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Planetology

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