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Bioastronomy - The Next Steps

Proceedings of the 99th Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union held in Balaton, Hungary, June 22–27, 1987

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 144)

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Table of contents (65 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Astrophysical Clues to the Habitability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Europa: The Prospects for an Ocean

      • R. T. Reynolds, C. P. McKay, J. F. Kasting, S. W. Squires
      Pages 21-28
    3. Is Uranus the Most Promising Planet for SETI?

      • N. G. Bochkarev
      Pages 29-30
    4. Comets and Life

      • A. Hajduk
      Pages 39-40
    5. Distribution Of Planetary Systems

      • T. V. Ruzmaikina
      Pages 41-47
    6. Belt Of Life in the Galaxy

      • L. S. Marochnik, L. M. Mukhin
      Pages 49-59
    7. The Galactic Belt of Intelligent Life

      • B. Balázs
      Pages 61-66
    8. Landscapes on an Imaginary Planet

      • B. B. Mandelbrot
      Pages 67-76
  3. Search for Extrasolar Planets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
    2. A Search for Planetary Mass Companions to Nearby Stars

      • B. Campbell, G. A. H. Walker, S. Yang
      Pages 83-90
    3. A Radial Velocity Search for Extrasolar Planets

      • R. S. McMillan, P. H. Smith
      Pages 91-92
    4. A Photometric Approach to Detecting Earth-Sized Planets

      • W. J. Borucki, L. E. Allen, W. S. Taylor, A. T. Young, A. R. Schaefer
      Pages 107-116

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Atomic Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary

    George Marx

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Bioastronomy - The Next Steps

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 99th Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union held in Balaton, Hungary, June 22–27, 1987

  • Editors: George Marx

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2959-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2714-5Published: 31 July 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7830-6Published: 12 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2959-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 434

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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