{"product_id":"9789401063005","title":"Astrophysics and Space Science Library: Proceedings of a Workshop held in Toledo, Spain, March 11–14, 1996","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAstrophysics and Space Science Library: Proceedings of a Workshop held in Toledo, Spain, March 11–14, 1996\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eEiroa, C.; Alberdi, A.; Thronson Jr., Harley A.; de Graauw, T.; Schalinski, C.J.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe past year has produced some of the most exciting results in the history of astronomy, particularly in the area of planets outside our solar system. Only a half-year before our meeting in Toledo, Spain, the first unambiguous detection of planet-sized masses orbiting main sequence stars were reported. Since that time, evidence for a new exo­ planet has been reported almost at the rate of about once per month. Some of these objects are likely to turn out to be very low-mass stars, but something like half show characteristics - Jupiter-like mass and near-zero orbital eccentricity - which appear to be unique to planets. Almost at the same time that giant planets were being discovered regularly, the two major space agencies, ESA and NASA, have iden­ tified searches for and detailed study of Earth-like planets as a major priority for the future. In ESA's \"Horizon 2000 Plus\" programme, an infrared interferometer has been proposed as a possible future Cor­ nerstone mission. Similarly, scientists in the US produced the \"Road Map for the Exploration of Neighboring Planetary Systems (ExNPS)\", which provided NASA with a long-term plan which leads also to an infrared interferometer in space to study hypothetical Earth-like worlds beyond our Solar System. Such an observatory is designed to search for the thermal emission from a family of planets, using interferometric nulling to remove the contaminating light from the central star.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-10-15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789401063005\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-011-5468-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 240cm x160cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 322\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44358896713868,"sku":"9789401063005","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789401063005.jpg?v=1776428318","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789401063005","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}