{"product_id":"infrared-space-interferometry-c-eiroa-9789401063005","title":"Infrared Space Interferometry: Astrophysics \u0026 the Study of Earth-Like Planets: Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Toledo, Spain, March 11-14, 1996","description":"The 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. Eiroa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9401063001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789401063005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.72d","brand":"C. Eiroa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079659614463,"sku":"9789401063005","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7621c9e0-1970-4ae3-a4aa-a065c4a5639d.jpg?v=1685482406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/infrared-space-interferometry-c-eiroa-9789401063005","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}