TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beatty,J.Kelly
AU  - Petersen,Carolyn Collins
AU  - Chaikin,Andrew
TI  - The new solar system
SN  - 0521641837 (hb)
AV  - QB501 .N47 1999
U1  - 523.2 22
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Sky Pub.
KW  - Solar system
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -