Strategy for the Detection and Study of Other Planetary Systems and Extrasolar Planetary Materials

Strategy for the Detection and Study of Other Planetary Systems and Extrasolar Planetary Materials

1990-2000

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309041935
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309597548
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1990
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 95
  • Language: English

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.

  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • Executive Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Basic Scientific Goals
  • 3. Present Understanding of the Origin of Planetary Systems
  • 4. Observations of Extrasolar Planetary and Protoplanetary Material
  • 5. Observational Requirements for Identification of Extrasolar-System Planets
  • 6. Future Investigations of Precursor Planetary Systems
  • 7. Relation to Other Astronomical and Astrophysical Studies
  • 8. Recommendations
  • Appendix A: The Large Star Sample Required for a Photometric Planetary Search
  • Appendix B: List of Members, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources

Subjects

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER

By subscribing, you accept our Privacy Policy