| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Advances in astrobiology and biogeophysics |
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Advances in astrobiology and biogeophysics.
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| Contents |
Habitable zones -- Properties and Environments of Life -- Stars and Galaxies -- Planetary Systems -- Catastrophes in Our Solar System? -- Catastrophes in Extrasolar Planetary Systems? -- The Solar Neighborhood -- The Search for Extraterrestrial Life |
| Summary |
"The solar system has a rather well-known history. Looking at the present situation, one might get the impression that it was a rather stable and well-defined system: the orbits of the planets appear to be stable, climate and atmospheres on the planets have been determined, the risk of collision with other bodies (comets, asteroids, meteorites) seems to be small. However it is known today that the evolution of life on Earth was neither a steady progression nor uniform. There were several periods of mass extinction. These catastrophic events played a crucial role in the rise of new species. Events of astrophysical origin include: Asteroid impacts - Major solar variability (space weather) - Nearby supernovae - The passage of the solar system through dense interstellar clouds. Catastrophic cosmic events of this type appear in the range of some 100 million years. The author discusses whether and how such events could have occurred in the solar system as well as in the recently found extrasolar planetary systems."--Back cover |
| Analysis |
fysica |
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physics |
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biologie |
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biology |
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ruimtewetenschap |
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space science |
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klimaatverandering |
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climatic change |
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stralingsbescherming |
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radiation protection |
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astronomie |
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astronomy |
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Physics (General) |
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Fysica (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Space Memo clever gnd |
| Subject |
Exobiology.
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Habitable planets.
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Space environment.
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Collisions (Astrophysics)
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Life on other planets.
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Extraterrestrial Environment
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Life on other planets
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Collisions (Astrophysics)
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Exobiology
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Habitable planets
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Space environment
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Naturkatastrophe
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Außerirdisches Leben
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Auerirdisches Leben.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783540769453 |
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3540769455 |
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