Failed Stars and Super Planets:

A Report Based on the January 1998 Workshop on Substellar-Mass Objects

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Size: 61 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:1998

Authors:
Steering Group for the Workshop on Substellar-Mass Objects, Space Studies Board, National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xi
Contents	xii-xiii	(skim)
Executive Summary	1-5	(skim)
1 Detection of Substellar-Mass Objects	6-18	(skim)
2 Observational Characterization of Nearby SMOs	19-26	(skim)
3 Theoretical Models of SMO Structure and Atmosphere	27-34	(skim)
4 Formation of SMOs	35-43	(skim)
5 Statistical Detections, Galactic Structure, and the Mass Content of the Universe	44-52	(skim)
6 Findings and Future Needs	53-61	(skim)

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