• Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Origin and Evolution of Planetary Atmospheres: Implications for Habitability

Origin and Evolution of Planetary Atmospheres: Implications for Habitability

Paperback

Series: Springerbriefs in Astronomy

Astronomy & SpaceGeologyPhysics

ISBN10: 3642320864
ISBN13: 9783642320866
Publisher: Springer
Published: Sep 9 2012
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.30 Width: 6.10 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Based on the author's own work and results obtained by international teams he coordinated, this SpringerBrief offers a concise discussion of the origin and early evolution of atmospheres of terrestrial planets during the active phase of their host stars, as well as of the environmental conditions which are necessary in order for planets like the Earth to obtain N_2-rich atmospheres. Possible thermal and non-thermal atmospheric escape processes are discussed in a comparative way between the planets in the Solar System and exoplanets. Lastly, a hypothesis for how to test and study the discussed atmosphere evolution theories using future UV transit observations of terrestrial exoplanets within the orbits of dwarf stars is presented.

Also in

Astronomy & Space