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100 1 $aBoss, Alan,$d1951-
245 10 $aLooking for earths :$bthe race to find new solar systems /$cAlan Boss.
260 $aNew York :$bJohn Wiley,$c℗♭1998.
300 $axi, 240 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index.
505 00 $tBarnard's remarkable star --$tOther stars, other planets --$tBarnard's star changes its course --$tMaking planets for fun and profit --$tI thought I saw a brown dwarf last night --$tWe know you are out there ... --$t... And we are coming to get you --$tBrown dwarfs by the handful --$tA fresh start --$tWho ordered THAT? --$tThe battle of Palomar Mountain --$tThe road goes ever on and on --$tThe Swiss hit --$tThe world finds out --$tThat's no planet, that's my dwarf --$tWhere's the beef? --$tThe planet-a-week club.
520 1 $a"Fifty years of intensive searching for other solar systems produced no credible claim for an extrasolar planet. Then, in the last two exciting years, several teams of astronomers around the globe caught the first glimpses of a rich crop of giant, Jupiter-sized gas planets - the first compelling evidence that not only are there others Earth-like planets, but that they may well be more plentiful than ever imagined." "With an insider's perspective, prominent planetary scientist Alan Boss takes you to the front lines of this ongoing race for discovery, revealing the behind-the-scenes story of scientific determination, frustration, and triumph." "Along the way we meet all the major players, from astronomer Peter van de Kamp, whose dreams of discovery lived on undeterred even after years of painstaking observations proved futile, to maverick NASA administrator Daniel Goldin, who dared to suggest in 1992 that "perhaps, just perhaps, the next generation's legacy will be an image of a planet 30 light years from Earth." We watch as the brilliant innovators Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz invent a new method for detection and, defying all odds, make the first major discovery by looking in territory where seasoned astronomers said no planets could ever be found."--Jacket.
650 0 $aExtrasolar planets.
650 6 $aExoplane tes.
650 7 $aExtrasolar planets.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00919041
650 17 $aPlaneten.$2gtt
650 17 $aSterrenstelsels.$2gtt
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650 7 $aExtrasolarer Planet$2gnd
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776 08 $iOnline version:$aBoss, Alan, 1951-$tLooking for earths.$dNew York : John Wiley, ℗♭1998$w(OCoLC)624433915
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix01/97049033.html
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856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley031/97049033.html
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