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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

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. George Marx

    1. Department of Atomic Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary

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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
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  2. Astrophysical Clues to the Habitability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. What should We Look for When We Return to Mars?

      • G. A. Soffen
      Pages 3-13

    3. Water: An Absolute Requirement for Life

      • A. Katsuki
      Pages 15-19

    4. Europa: The Prospects for an Ocean

      • R. T. Reynolds, C. P. McKay, J. F. Kasting, S. W. Squires
      Pages 21-28

    5. Is Uranus the Most Promising Planet for SETI?

      • N. G. Bochkarev
      Pages 29-30

    6. What Do We Know About the Nucleus of Comet Halley?

      • K. Szegö
      Pages 31-37

    7. Comets and Life

      • A. Hajduk
      Pages 39-40

    8. Distribution Of Planetary Systems

      • T. V. Ruzmaikina
      Pages 41-47

    9. Belt Of Life in the Galaxy

      • L. S. Marochnik, L. M. Mukhin
      Pages 49-59

    10. The Galactic Belt of Intelligent Life

      • B. Balázs
      Pages 61-66

    11. Landscapes on an Imaginary Planet

      • B. B. Mandelbrot
      Pages 67-76

  3. Search for Extrasolar Planets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Planetary Detection Techniques: An Overview

      • J. D. Scargle
      Pages 79-82

    3. A Search for Planetary Mass Companions to Nearby Stars

      • B. Campbell, G. A. H. Walker, S. Yang
      Pages 83-90

    4. A Radial Velocity Search for Extrasolar Planets

      • R. S. McMillan, P. H. Smith
      Pages 91-92

    5. Iras Statistics on Main Sequence Stellar IR Excesses and Models of Circumstellar Particle Clouds

      • D. E. Backman, F. C. Gillett
      Pages 93-99

    6. Progress in Determining the Space Orientation of Stars

      • L. R. Doyle
      Pages 101-105

    7. 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

    8. Systematic Aspects of Direct Extrasolar Planet Detection

      • Robert A. Brown
      Pages 117-123
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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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