One of ten billion earths : how we learn about our planet's past and future from distant exoplanets / Karel Schrijver.

This book is an exploration of our Solar System and of distant planetary systems. The author explains what has recently been learned about exoplanets and their habitability, how this is done, and what it means for the search for life.

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Main Author: Schrijver, Karel (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 |a Cover; One of Ten Billion Earths; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Plates; 1. From One to Astronomical; Galaxies, stars, planets, and more; The first cool-star exoplanet, in Florence; Transformation and the principles of uniformity and mediocrity; Planet detectives; Familiar with unfamiliar worlds?; Faraway suns; Advancing astrophysics; Tools of science; Anonymous renown; Competitors in a team effort; Narrowing in on the Goldilocks zone; 2. One Step Short of Life; In a planetary system far, far away . . .; "Don't you ever wonder where everybody is?"; Looking for life. 
505 8 |a The Drake and Rare Earth equationsThe communication challenge; Is disequilibrium a signature of life?; Where to start?; 3. Exploring the Solar System; Where did it all end up?; How far to the Sun?; A manifest of mass; The composition of major and minor planets; Expeditions to the neighbors; Synchronizing the Moon; Voyagers, explorers, rovers, and probes; Sounding Earth; The stories of impacts; The tales of comets; Water inthe Solar System; Spinning and orbiting; Patterns in orbits within the Solar System; The active Sun; Characteristics of our Solar System. 
505 8 |a 4. Exoplanet Systems and Their StarsThe diversity of worlds; Recognizing biases and the patterns in exosystems; Detecting exoplanets; A most unlikely place; A most unlikely place, again; Observing transits; Attributes of exoplanets and exoplanetary systems; Multiple suns; Patterns in orbits of exosystems; Characterizing planetary systems in general; Surprises, composure, the sales pitch, and enthusiasm; 5. The Birth of Stars and Planets; The dawn of the beginning; Bold ideas; The makings of planets and stars; Nuclear power and the ingredients of apple pie; Veiled nurseries. 
505 8 |a Population studies and polychromatic imagingTeam science; Genesis of astar and its entourage; Some not-quite stars among the genuine ones; Assembling elements; Distance markers; Born together, different lives; Ancient worlds; Processes of formation; Orbit migration, the snow line, and time; 6. Drifting Through a Planetary System; Intuition in science; The changing orbits of planets; The problem with Mars; Resonant clocks and planetary orbits; Testing the scenarios and Earth's water content; Instabilities and bombardments; Characteristics of planetary systems; 7. Lone Rovers. 
505 8 |a A nearby supernova?Signatures of a prime valexplosion; Ancient meteorites; Discoveries from the Lunatic Asylum; The disintegration of the nursery; The effects of stellar neighbors; Exoplanets floating between the stars; Thrown out of the system; What is it like on a nomad planet?; 8. Aged Stars and Disrupted Exosystems; The tool of light; The contamination of white dwarfs; The composition of shredded planets; How can exoplanet remains fall into a white dwarf?; A preview of the future; The rings of white dwarfs; 9. The Worlds of Exoplanets; The environment on exoplanets. 
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