Life in Our Universe. Episode 15, Discovery of Extrasolar Planets
(2019, original release: 2013)

Nonfiction

eCourse

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2013
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
6756920
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from title frames

Is our solar system common or rare? As you investigate planets orbiting around other stars, learn how the use of adaptive optics allows extrasolar planetary scientists to discover new alien solar systems with ground telescopes, and explore the three main ways astronomers detect planets: small "radio velocity wobbles," "transits," and direct imaging

Film

In Process Record

Laird Close

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2013

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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