Mirror Earth : the search for our planet's twin / Michael D. Lemonick.
By: Lemonick, Michael D
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TextPublisher: New York : Walker, 2012Edition: 1st U.S. ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: viii, 294 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780802779007 (hardback); 080277900X (hardback).Subject(s): Extrasolar planets | Planetology | Earth (PlanetDDC classification: 523.2/4 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 523.24 L544 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003133238 |
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| 523.1 H766 Dark cosmos : in search of our universe's missing mass and energy / | 523.1 Sm79 Wrinkles in time / | 523.2 N420 The new solar system / | 523.24 L544 2012 Mirror Earth : the search for our planet's twin / | 523.43 T213 2010 The scientific exploration of Mars / | 523.7 C2684 2014 Dark winter : how the sun is causing a 30-year cold spell / | 523.8 H255 Cycles of fire : stars, galaxies, and the wonder of deep space / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The man who looked for blinking stars -- The man who looked for wobbling stars -- Hot Jupiters : who ordered those? -- An ancient question -- The dwarf-star strategy -- Imagining alien atmospheres -- Invasion of the female exoplaneteers -- Kepler approved -- Waiting for launch -- Kepler scooped -- "A 100 percent chance of life" -- The Kepler era begins -- Beyond Kepler -- How many Earths? -- What does "habitable" really mean? -- A world made of rock, at last -- Astronomers in paradise -- Sara's birthday party.
Astronomers they detected three planets orbiting stars in the Milky Way in the mid-1990.s. The planets were nothing like Earth; they were giant gas balls like Jupiter or Saturn. However, more than five hundred planets have been found since then and planet hunters are racing to find a true twin of Earth.
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