The new solar system / edited by J. Kelly Beatty, Carolyn Collins Petersen, Andrew Chaikin.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Sky Pub., c1999Copyright date: c1999Edition: fourth editionDescription: viii, 421 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0521641837 (hb)
- 0933346867 (hb)
- 0521645875 (hb)
- 22 523.2 N
- QB501 .N47 1999
Contents:
Summary: Contains twenty-eight essays in which thirty planetary scientists share what has been learned from interplanetary explorations during the last quarter of the twentieth century.
Exploring the solar system / David Morrison -- Origin of the solar system / John A. Wood -- Sun / Kenneth R. Lang -- Planetary magnetospheres and the interplanetary medium / James A. Van Allen & Frances Bagenal -- Cometary reservoirs / Paul R. Weissman -- Role of collisions / Eugene M. Shoemaker & Carolyn S. Shoemaker -- Mercury / Faith Vilas -- Venus / R. Stephen Saunders -- Planet earth / Don L. Anderson -- Moon / Paul D. Spudis -- Mars / Michael H. Carr -- Surfaces and interiors of the terrestrial planets / James W. Head III -- Atmospheres of the terrestrial planets / Bruce M. Jakosky -- Interiors of the giant planets / William B. Hubbard -- Atmospheres of the giant planets / Andrew P. Ingersoll -- Planetary rings / Joseph A. Burns -- Io / Torrence V. Johnson -- Europa / Ronald Greeley -- Ganymede and Callisto / Robert T. Pappalardo -- Titan / Tobias Owen -- Triton, Pluto, and Charon / Dale P. Cruikshank -- Midsize icy satellites / William B. McKinnon -- Small worlds : patterns and relationships / William K. Hartmann -- Comets / John C. Brandt -- Asteroids / Clark R. Chapman -- Meteorites / Harry Y. McSween Jr. -- Life in the solar system / Gerald A. Soffen -- Other planetary systems / R. Paul Butler.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-412) and index.
Exploring the solar system / David Morrison -- Origin of the solar system / John A. Wood -- Sun / Kenneth R. Lang -- Planetary magnetospheres and the interplanetary medium / James A. Van Allen & Frances Bagenal -- Cometary reservoirs / Paul R. Weissman -- Role of collisions / Eugene M. Shoemaker & Carolyn S. Shoemaker -- Mercury / Faith Vilas -- Venus / R. Stephen Saunders -- Planet earth / Don L. Anderson -- Moon / Paul D. Spudis -- Mars / Michael H. Carr -- Surfaces and interiors of the terrestrial planets / James W. Head III -- Atmospheres of the terrestrial planets / Bruce M. Jakosky -- Interiors of the giant planets / William B. Hubbard -- Atmospheres of the giant planets / Andrew P. Ingersoll -- Planetary rings / Joseph A. Burns -- Io / Torrence V. Johnson -- Europa / Ronald Greeley -- Ganymede and Callisto / Robert T. Pappalardo -- Titan / Tobias Owen -- Triton, Pluto, and Charon / Dale P. Cruikshank -- Midsize icy satellites / William B. McKinnon -- Small worlds : patterns and relationships / William K. Hartmann -- Comets / John C. Brandt -- Asteroids / Clark R. Chapman -- Meteorites / Harry Y. McSween Jr. -- Life in the solar system / Gerald A. Soffen -- Other planetary systems / R. Paul Butler.
Contains twenty-eight essays in which thirty planetary scientists share what has been learned from interplanetary explorations during the last quarter of the twentieth century.
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