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Format: 527 p. , online resource.

Edition: 1st ed. 1982.

ISBN: 9789400978102

Series Statement: Nato Science Series C:, Mathematical and Physical Sciences ; 85

Content: The volume gathers the prominent works by participants in the NATO Advanced Study Institute, liThe Comparative Study of the Planets", which was held at Vulcano (Aeolian Islands) from September 14 to September 25, 1981. The book is intended to be a landmark for all those inter­ ested in the problems disclosed through the close-up exploration of planets and satellites, either for professional reasons or Simply for scientific knowledge. The topics dealt with concern all methodologies by which the members of the Solar System have been studied and the audience to whom the volume is addressed is, in addition to the experts, mailllly graduate and post-graduate students attending courses in Earth Sciences, Physics and Astro­ nomy. The aim we intend to achieve in editing this volume is to offer to planetologists an overview of the present state of knowledge, using the comparative study of the planets as a basis on which to build the themes treated. We think it is one of the fe, ... publications of this type, which includes all the subjects concerning the study of a planet. We hope we have succeeded in conveying through the book the message which was clearly expressed by the lecturers of the ASI in Vulcano: what counts most at this stage of planetary research is to be able to single out the fun­ damental problems and choose the appropriate set of data to use in approaching these problems.

Note: I: Origin, Evolution and Dynamics of the Bodies in the Solar System -- Some Remarks on the Formation of Terrestrial Planets -- Origin and Evolution of the Giant Planets -- Origin of Regular Satellites -- Ganymede and Callisto: Accumulation Heat Content -- The Shape of Small Solar System Bodies: Gravitational Equilibrium vs. Solid-State Interactions -- Meteorites and Cosmochemistry -- Ages of the Solar System: Isotopic Dating -- Do the Age Differences Given by Relative or Absolute Chronologies of the Most Ancient Meteorites Correspond to Real Age Differences? -- Solar System Cratering Chronology and Dating of the Surface Structures of the Terrestrial-Type Planets -- The Stability of the Solar System -- Dynamics of the Asteroids -- On the Orbital Evolution of Short-Period Comets Having Low-Velocity Encounters with Jupiter -- II: Physics of the Solar System -- The Internal Structure of the Sun, Its Pulsations and the Neutrino Problem -- Heat Transfer and the Development of Internal Structure in the Terrestrial Planets -- Secular Trends in Polar Motions: A New Tool for Probing the Viscosity of the Lower Mantle -- High Precision Tracking of Synchronous Satellites for Geophysical Purposes -- Atmospheric Evolution -- Circulation Systems in Planetary Atmospheres -- The Case for a Bimodal Size Distribution in Titan's Upper Haze Layer -- Elements of Comparative Magnetoplanetology -- Lunar Palaeomagnetism -- The Present Picture of Io's Electrodynamic Coupling with the Magenetosphere of Jupiter -- Structure of Small Meteoroids Deduced from Two Station Low Light Level TV Observations of Meteor Trails -- Near Infrared Spectroscopy of Comet Bradfield 1980t -- Impact Cratering Mechanics -- Experimental Study of Effects Associated with Macroscopic Hypervelocity Impacts -- The "Trumpet Charge", a Technique for Producing Macroscopic Hypervelocity Projectiles -- A Possible Mechanism for Impact Magnetisation of Cratered Surfaces -- The Effects of Microparticle Hypervelocity Impacts on Polished Surfaces: Tests for the Choice of the Halley Multicolour Camera -- III: Geology of Planetary Bodies -- Geologic Overview of the Terrestrial Planets -- Faulting and Fracturing of Planetary Surfaces -- Aeolian Modification of Planetary Surfaces -- Some Thermodynamic Relationships Governing the Behavior of Permafrost and Frozen Ground -- Lava Flows on Etna, a Morphometric Study -- A Petrological Model on Magma Evolution of Vulcano Eruptive Complex (Aeolian Islands - Italy) -- Morphology and Network Patterns of Martian Valleys -- Stratigraphic Relationships among the Upper Layers of the Outer Galilean Satellites, Inferred from the Investigation of Their Ray Systems -- List of Speakers and Participants -- Index of Authors -- Index of Subjects and Names.

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Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9789400978126

Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9789027714060

Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9789400978119

Language: English

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-7810-2

URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7810-2

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Format: 1 online resource (455 p.)

ISBN: 9782759803019

Series Statement: EAS Publication Series

Content: The Symposium "Gaia : at the frontiers of astrometry", held in Sèvres (Hauts de Seine, France) from 7 to 11 June 2010, was the closing conference of the European Marie Curie ELSA network (European Leadership in Space Astrometry). Gaia, selected as one of the cornerstones of the European Space Agency (ESA) Science Program in October 2000 and planned for launch in 2012, has been conceived in the wake of the success of the Hipparcos satellite, the first space astrometry mission, launched by ESA in 1989. Combining the power of discovery of a systematic and repeated survey of the sky with three complementary instruments (astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic) and extreme accuracy astrometry, Gaia will provide an unprecedented stereoscopic map of our Galaxy and the nearby universe. The objectives of the Symposium were to present the results obtained in the framework of the ELSA network on the various aspects of the preparation of the data analysis and scientific exploitation of the Gaia mission. The science expected from Gaia has been put in the 2015 context, and progresses on parallel or connected topics have been presented : progress on other astrometric satellites, performance of light detectors in astronomy, processing of massive data sets, especially in astronomy, real-time classification of transients, access to massive data sets, and propects for ground-based observations in complement to astrometry.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Foreword -- , List of Participants -- , Contents -- , GAIA: Unprecedented Performance -- , GAIA: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT -- , PHOTOMETRIC AND IMAGING PERFORMANCE -- , GAIA SPECTROSCOPY AND RADIAL VELOCITIES -- , OVERVIEW OF GAIA DATA REDUCTION -- , RVS' RADIAL VELOCITIES ACCURACY -- , PERFORMANCE OF THE GAIA PHOTOMETRIC SYSTEMS IF, 2A & 3G -- , SPACE ASTROMETRY MISSIONS -- , Fundamental Physics: General Relativity -- , RELATIVISTIC MODELLING OF POSITIONAL OBSERVATIONS WITH MICROARCSECOND ACCURACY -- , FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS WITH GAIA -- , WHITE DWARFS AS TOOLS OF FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS: THE GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT CASE -- , Astrometric Impact on Stellar Astronomy -- , GAIA AND PHYSICS OF STELLAR INTERIORS -- , IMPORTANCE OF VERY ACCURATE LUMINOSITIES FOR STELLAR FORMATION AND EVOLUTION -- , Duplicity and Masses -- , THE OLDEST STELLAR POPULATIONS AND THE AGE OF THE UNIVERSE -- , Absolute Luminosities of Stellar Candle -- , ANALYSIS OF HUGE CATALOGUES. NEW METHODOLOGIES FOR THE VIRTUAL OBSERVATORIES -- , Sub-Stellar Objects: Brown Dwarfs and Exo-Planets -- , THEORY OF LOW MASS STARS AND BROWN DWARFS: SUCCESS AND REMAINING UNCERTAINTIES -- , FIELD BROWN DWARFS & GAIA -- , THE GAIA ASTROMETRIC SURVEY OF EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETS -- , DETECTION OF TRANSITS OF EXTRASOLAR PLANETS WITH GAIA -- , Structure, Formation and History of the Galaxy -- , DUST AND OBSCURATION IN THE MILKY WAY -- , A COMPLETE CENSUS DOWN TO MAGNITUDE 20: STELLAR POPULATION PROPERTIES -- , COMPONENTS OF THE MILKY WAY AND GAIA -- , ASTROMETRIC MICROLENSING WITH THE GAIA SATELLITE -- , STAR FORMATION: ON GOING AND PAST -- , MAPPING THE GALACTIC HALO TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE -- , PREPARING FOR THE GAIA MISSION: ASTROPHYSICAL PARAMETER DETERMINATION -- , Outside our Galaxy -- , GAIA AND THE STELLAR POPULATIONS IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS -- , M 31, M 33 AND THE MILKY WAY: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES -- , LOCAL GROUP DYNAMICS WITH GAIA -- , GAIA GALAXY SURVEY: A MULTI-COLOUR GALAXY SURVEY WITH GAIA -- , MULTI-COLOUR PHOTOMETRY WITH GAIA OF THE DIFFUSE SKY BACKGROUND -- , OBSERVATIONS OF QSOS AND REFERENCE FRAME WITH GAIA -- , The Solar System Revisited -- , THE IMPACT OF GAIA IN OUR KNOWLEDGE OF ASTEROIDS -- , OTHER OBJECTS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM: TROJANS, CENTAURS AND TRANS-NEPTUNIANS -- , PREPARING GAIA FOR THE SOLAR SYSTEM -- , Posters -- , FURTHER PROCESSING OF THE HIPPARCOS VARIABILITY INDUCED MOVERS -- , POTENTIALS AND DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS TO BE USED FOR DYNAMICAL MODELLING WITH GAIA-LIKE DATA -- , ON THE KINEMATIC DECONVOLUTION OF THE LOCAL LUMINOSITY FUNCTION -- , GALACTIC STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION FROM STELLAR DYNAMICS -- , STELLAR POPULATIONS IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD: THE IMPACT FROM GAIA -- , Conclusion -- , FROM HIPPARCOS TO GAIA, AND BEYOND -- , Index , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 9782759806089

Language: English

DOI: 10.1051/978-2-7598-0301-9

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