Rice, Ken,

Planet-Building on the Grandest Scales. Ken Rice and Phil Armitage. - Mercury, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 48, Science, 1522-3264; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Planet-Building on the Grandest Scales, March/April 2004; pp. 24-30.

"The extrasolar planets discovered to this time are believed to be giant gaseous planets similar to Jupiter and Saturn. Understanding how large planets form will help us construct an overall picture of how entire planetary systems form." (MERCURY) This article describes how extrasolar planets are detected and explains how they form.

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Astronomy--Observations
Doppler effect
Extrasolar planets
Planetary theory
Planets--Origin
Space probes

AC1.S5

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