Strategy for the Detection and Study of Other Planetary Systems and Extrasolar Planetary Materials

Download or read book Strategy for the Detection and Study of Other Planetary Systems and Extrasolar Planetary Materials written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1990-02-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses a new opportunity in the planetary sciencesâ€"to extend our exploration outward to discover and study planetary systems that may have formed or are forming around other stars. It concludes that a coordinated program of astronomical observation, laboratory research, theoretical development, and understanding of the dynamics and origins of whatever may be found would be a technologically feasible and potentially richly rewarding extension of the study of bodies within the solar system.