The Solar System

3rd Auflage Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-3-642-05530-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 514 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 791 g

Reihe: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library

In this third corrected and revised edition students and lecturers in astronomy and planetary science as well as planet observers will find a mine of up-to-date information on the solar system and its interaction with the interplanetary medium, its various objects, comparative planetology, discussion of questions for further research and future space exploration.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Encrenaz, Thérèse

Blanc, M.

Bibring, Jean-Pierre

Zarka, Philippe

Barucci, Maria-Antonietta

Roques, Francoise

Weitere Mitwirkende

Dunlop, Storm

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Sonnensystem: Sonne und Planeten
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 General Features of the Solar System.- 2 The Solar System Within the Universe.- 3 Methods of Studying the Solar System.- 4 The Formation of the Solar System.- 5 The Interaction of Solar-System Bodies with the Interplanetary Medium.- 6 The Terrestrial Planets and Their Satellites.- 7 The Asteroids.- 8 The Giant Planets.- 9 Titan.- 10 Bodies Without Atmospheres in the Outer Solar System.- 11 Comets.- 12 New Frontiers.- 13 Interplanetary Dust, Micrometeorites and Meteorites.- 14 New Planetary Systems.- 15 The Search for Life in the Universe.- References.