UID:
almahu_9949199188902882
Format:
XII, 514 p.
,
online resource.
Edition:
3rd ed. 2004.
ISBN:
9783662104033
Series Statement:
Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
Content:
This text treats our knowledge of the solar system from an astrophysical point of view. Part 1 deals with the formation of the solar system and its interaction with the interplanetary medium. Part 2 presents its various objects: planets and satellites, asteroids, comets, trans-neptunian objects and interplanetary dust. The final sections on extrasolar planetary systems and on the search for life in the Universe round off an introduction to a field that has grown dramatically following the space missions of the last twenty years. Over the last decade many exciting observations have helped to reshape our understanding of the solar system and planetary science. In the third corrected and revised edition of this classic on the astrophysics of our solar system, students and lecturers in astronomy and planetary science as well as planet observers will find a mine of up-to-date information.
Note:
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.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783642055300
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783540002413
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783662104040
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-662-10403-3
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10403-3
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