Review of the Restructured Research and Analysis Programs of NASA's Planetary Science Division

Review of the Restructured Research and Analysis Programs of NASA's Planetary Science Division

  • Editor: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309458702
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309458719
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309458733
  • Lugar de publicación:  United States
  • Año de publicación digital: 1990
  • Mes: Enero
  • Páginas: 95
  • Idioma: Ingles

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

Matèrias