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Index
Table of Contents
Synopsis
Title Page
Copyright and Cataloging Information
Also by the Author
About by the Author
Chapter 1: Stepping Out
Connecting with a Conversation Through History
Exoplanets Reveal Themselves
Juipter's Compelling Attraction
Chapter 2: A Sketch of the New Science
Chapter Overview
Near and Far
Solar System Overview
Why Are Some Objects Known as “Candidate” Planets?
How Many Exoplanets and Alien Solar Systems Have Been Found?
Why Don't Exoplanets Have Names?
What Do We Want to Know About Exoplanets and Why?
How Far Away Are the Discovered Planets?
How Many Alien Moons Have Been Discovered?
Are There Exoplanets That Are Not Associated with a Star?
How Can I Get the Latest Updates on Exoplanets and Alien Solar Systems?
Chapter 3: How It's Done
The Host Stars
How are Exoplanets Discovered?
Timing Method
Doppler Shift Method
Astrometry
Transit Method
Gravitational Microlensing Method
Direct Imaging
What Can We Actally Measure?
Oblique, Retrograde, and Eccentric Orbits
Chemical Composition
Groundbased versus Spacebased Observations
The CoRoT Mission
The Kepler Mission
When Was the First Exoplanet Discovered?
Chapter 4: The Discoveries
Exoplanet Types
Demographics
The Alien Solar Systems
Masses of the Exoplanets
Exoplanet Sizes
Living Close to a Star
Orbital Period and Size
Exoplanet Eccentricities
Is Our Solar System Typical?
Planet Formation and Migration
How Common are Planets around Stars?
Correlation of Planet Incidence with Heavy Element Abundance
Multiplanet Systems
A Summary of the Important Findings So Far
Tentative Results From the Kepler Candidates Sample
Chapter 5: Where Is Everyone?
What Is Life?
The Origin of Life
Challenges for the Origin of Life on Earth
Chemistry for Life: What's the Deal with Arsenic?
Water in the Moon
The Problem of Volatile Delivery
Exoplanet Climateology and Habitable Zones
The Host Star, Tidal Locking, and System Stability
Temperature and Albedo
Exoplanet Atmospheres
Climate Solutions
The Faint Young Sun Problem
Circumstellar Habitable Zone
Galactic Habitable Zone
Is There a New Answer to the Old Question?
How Long Would It Take to Get to the Nearest Exoplanet?
Ant School
Appendix A: What Is a Planet?
Appendix B: Selected Websites
Notes
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