In search of planets and life around other stars

Authors
Lunine, JI
Citation
Ji. Lunine, In search of planets and life around other stars, P NAS US, 96(10), 1999, pp. 5353-5355
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary
Journal title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ISSN journal
00278424 → ACNP
Volume
96
Issue
10
Year of publication
1999
Pages
5353 - 5355
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-8424(19990511)96:10<5353:ISOPAL>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The discovery of over a dozen low-mass companions to nearby stars has inten sified scientific and public interest in a longer term search for habitable planets like our own. However, the nature of the detected companions, and in particular whether they resemble Jupiter in properties and origin, remai ns undetermined.