Martin Beech: Alpha Centauri | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9783319093710 | Alpha Centauri | Unveiling the Secrets of Our Nearest Stellar Neighbor

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Beschreibung

As our closest stellar companion and composed of two Sun-like stars and a third small dwarf star, Alpha Centauri is an ideal testing ground of astrophysical models and has played a central role in the history and development of modern astronomy¿from the first guesses at stellar distances to understanding how our own star, the Sun, might have evolved. It is also the host of the nearest known exoplanet, an ultra-hot, Earth-like planet recently discovered.

Just 4.4 light years away Alpha Centauri is also the most obvious target for humanity¿s first directed interstellar space probe. Such a mission could reveal the small-scale structure of a new planetary system and also represent the first step in what must surely be humanity¿s greatest future adventure¿exploration of the Milky Way Galaxy itself.

For all of its closeness, ¿ Centauri continues to tantalize astronomers with many unresolved mysteries, such as how did it form, how many planets does it contain andwhere are they, and how might we view its extensive panorama directly?

In this book we move from the study of individual stars to the study of our Solar System and our nearby galactic neighborhood. On the way we will review the rapidly developing fields of exoplanet formation and detection.

Über den Autor

Associate professor of astronomy, and Head of the Astronomy Department at Campion College, The University of Regina. My main research interests during the past decade have focused on the smaller objects within the solar system (comets, asteroids and meteoroids), but concomitant to this I have continued to perform research related to the structure and evolution of stars (the area of my doctoral studies). The book being proposed here is partly based upon a series of research papers that I have published over the years and on material used in a solar system studies class. The topic of asteroengineering was recently the focus of an 'opinion article' I wrote for the May 2006 issue of Astronomy Now magazine, and an editorial piece in the May 2006 issue of Smithsonian Air and Space magazine.
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Zusammenfassung

Examines the latest research on the entire Alpha Centauri system, from its three stars to possible exoplanets

Sheds light on development of the Sun and Earth's solar system

Explains stellar evolution by looking at the Solar System's neighborhood

Uses some basic math to give a good grounding in the science of stellar evolution

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Discovery, Dynamics, Distance and Place.- Stellar Properties and the Making of Planets: Theories and Observations.- What the Future Holds.- Appendix I: The Magnitude Scale and Stellar Classification.- Appendix II: Stellar Motion and Closest Approach.- Appendix III: The Orbit and Location of a Cen B.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Fachbereich:	Astronomie
Genre:	Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Physik , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Astronomers' Universe
Inhalt:	xxiii 297 S. 31 s/w Illustr. 38 farbige Illustr. 297 p. 69 illus. 38 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783319093710
ISBN-10:	3319093711
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	86359951
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Beech, Martin
Hersteller:	Springer Springer International Publishing AG Astronomers' Universe
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Martin Beech
Erscheinungsdatum:	06.11.2014
Gewicht:	0,552 kg