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100	1		_aVázquez, M. _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Earth as a Distant Planet _h[electronic resource] : _bA Rosetta Stone for the Search of Earth-Like Worlds / _cby M. Vázquez, E. Pallé, P. Montañés Rodríguez.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bSpringer New York, _c2010.
300			_aXV, 422p. 272 illus., 181 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aAstronomy and Astrophysics Library, _x0941-7834
505	0		_aObserving the Earth -- The Earth in Time -- The Pale Blue Dot -- The Outer Layers of the Earth -- Biosignatures and the Search for Life on Earth -- Detecting Extrasolar Earth-like Planets -- The Worlds Out There -- Extrasolar Planetary Systems -- Is Our Environment Special?.
520			_aIs the Earth, in some way, special? Or is our planet but one of the millions of other inhabited planets within our galaxy? This is an exciting time to be asking this old question, because for the first time in history, the answer is within reach. In The Earth as a Distant Planet, the authors set themselves as external observers of our Solar System from an astronomical distance. From that perspective, the authors describe how the Earth, the third planet in distance to the central star, can be catalogued as having its own unique features and as capable of sustaining life. The knowledge gained from this original perspective is then applied to the ongoing search for planets outside the solar system, or exoplanets. Since the discovery in 1992 of the first exoplanet, the number of known planets has increased exponentially. Ambitious space missions are already being designed for the characterization of their atmospheres and to explore the possibility that they host life. The exploration of Earth and the rest of the rocky planets in our Solar System will help us in classifying and understanding the multiplicity of planetary systems that exist in our galaxy. In time, statistics on the formation and evolution of exoplanets will be available and will provide vital information for solving some of the unanswered questions about the formation, as well as the evolution, of our own world. The authors provide an introductory but also very much up-to-date referenced text, making this book useful not only for the layman, but also for researchers and advanced students in Astrophysics and Earth Sciences.
650		0	_aPhysics.
650		0	_aPlanetology.
650		0	_aAstrobiology.
650	1	4	_aPhysics.
650	2	4	_aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques.
650	2	4	_aPlanetology.
650	2	4	_aEnvironmental Monitoring/Analysis.
650	2	4	_aAstrobiology.
700	1		_aPallé, E. _eauthor.
700	1		_aMontañés Rodríguez, P. _eauthor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9781441916839
830		0	_aAstronomy and Astrophysics Library, _x0941-7834
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1684-6
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