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100 | _aEncrenaz, Therese. | ||
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_aPlanets: ours and other from earth to exoplanets/ _cTherese Encrenaz. |
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_aNew Jersey : _bWorld Scientific, _c2013. |
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_axviii, 187p. : _bcol. ill. ; _c23 cm. |
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505 | _a1. How to explore planets -- The earth in space -- Telescopic observations -- Observations from space -- Searching for exoplanets -- 2. The birth of planets -- A formation within a disk -- A common scenario in the Universe -- What is the age of the solar system? -- The main steps of planetary formation -- Telluric planets and giant planets -- Between the two families of planets: asteroids -- Pluto and the transneptunian objects -- 3. Exploring planet Earth -- Rocks and metals: a differentiated internal structure -- A terrestrial singularity: plate tectonics -- Formation of terrestrial relief: the isostasy principle -- Our natural environment: the terrestrial atmosphere -- The water cycle: another specificity of Earth -- Between the Earth and space, the magnetosphere -- A brief history of the Earth's climate -- The Earth-Moon couple: a double system -- The Earth, a unique planet ... -- 4. The neighbors of the Earth -- Closest to the Sun, Mercury -- A Moon that looks like Mercury -- Venus, the furnace -- Mars, a desert word -- Comparative evolution of terrestrial planets: the role of water -- 5. A little further, the giant planets -- Two classes of giant planets -- From Jupiter to Neptune: four decades of exploration -- The outer satellites -- 6. Exoplanets, the new worlds -- A long quest marked with failures -- Fifteen years later, the situation -- The formation of planetary systems -- How to classify exoplanets? -- From detection to characterization -- 7. Searching for habitable worlds -- A new discipline, astrobiology -- Life elsewhere in the solar system? -- Life on exoplanets? -- Searching for inhabited worlds. | ||
650 | _aExtrasolar planets | ||
650 | _aPlanets | ||
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