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Strategy for the detection and study of other planetary systems and extrasolar planetary materials, 1990-2000 / Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, Space Studies Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration.
- National Research Council (U.S.).
- Planets--Exploration.
- Planets.
- Astronautics in astronomy--Research--United States.
- Astronautics in astronomy.
- Moon--Exploration.
- Moon.
- Outer space--Exploration.
- Outer space.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (94 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume addresses a new opportunity in the planetary sciences--to extend our exploration outward to discover and study planetary systems that may have formed or are forming around other stars. It concludes that a coordinated program of astronomical observation, laboratory research, theoretical development, and understanding of the dynamics and origins of whatever may be found would be a technologically feasible and potentially richly rewarding extension of the study of bodies within the solar system.
- Contents:
- Strategy for the Detection and Study of Other Planetary Systems and Extrasolar Planetary Materials: 1990-2000
- Copyright
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- 1 Introduction
- PREMISES OF THIS REPORT
- OVERVIEW AND PURVIEW
- NOMENCLATURE
- 2 Basic Scientific Goals
- 3 Present Understanding of the Origin of Planetary Systems
- INTRODUCTION
- STAR FORMATION
- PROPERTIES OF THE NEBULAR DISK
- THE EVOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL STAR
- FORMATION OF THE PLANETS
- 4 Observations of Extrasolar Planetary and Protoplanetary Material
- MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH PROTOSTARS AND PRE-MAIN-SEQUENCE STARS
- GAS AND DUST DISKS AROUND MAIN-SEQUENCE STARS
- SUBSTELLAR OBJECTS
- CIRCUMSTELLAR DUST
- 5 Observational Requirements for Identification of Extrasolar-System Planets
- OBSERVATIONAL HISTORY
- DIRECT DETECTION
- INDIRECT DETECTION
- EVALUATION OF PROPOSED INDIRECT TECHNIQUES
- Astrometric Telescope Facility
- Doppler Spectroscopic Planet Searches
- Photometric Planet Searches
- FUTURE OBSERVING SYSTEMS
- RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING TECHNIQUES FOR PLANET SEARCHES
- 6 Future Investigations of Precursor Planetary Systems
- DUST-RELATED ASTROPHYSICAL STUDIES
- LABORATORY STUDY OF INTERSTELLAR MATERIALS
- PROTOSTELLAR OBSERVATIONS
- OBSERVATION OF PRE-MAIN-SEQUENCE STARS
- SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF EXTRASOLAR-SYSTEM PLANETS AND PREPLANETARY MATERIALS
- SUMMARY RECOMMENDATIONS
- 7 Relation to Other Astronomical and Astrophysical Studies
- FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF STARS IN THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD
- PROPERTIES OF STAR-FORMING REGIONS
- THEORY OF STELLAR EVOLUTION
- DISKS IN ASTROPHYSICS
- PROBLEMS IN GALACTIC STRUCTURE
- IMPLICATIONS REGARDING THE SEARCH FOR LIFE
- 8 Recommendations
- RECOMMENDED PROGRAM
- SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES
- MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS
- STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION.
- Appendix A The Large Star Sample Required for a Photometric Planetary Search
- Appendix B List of Members Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 9786610212668
- 9781280212666
- 1280212667
- 9780309597548
- 0309597544
- 9780585142821
- 0585142823
- OCLC:
- 614598928
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