Format:
Online-Ressource (1335 p)
Edition:
3rd ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780124158450
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1784028703
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9781784028701
Content:
"This book is filled with the knowledge about our solar system that resulted from all this exploration, whether by spacecraft or by telescopes both in space and earth-bound. All of this new knowledge is based on discoveries made in the interim by scientist-explorers who have followed their inborn human imperative to explore and to understand. Many old mysteries, misunderstandings, and fears that existed 50 years ago about what lay beyond the Earth have been eliminated. We now know the major features of the landscape in our cosmic backyard and can look forward to the adventure, excitement, and new knowledge that will result from more in-depth exploration by today's spacecraft, such as those actually exploring the surface of these faraway places, including the Huygens Titan lander and the Mars Exploration rovers, doing things that were unimaginable before the Space Age began. The Encyclopedia of the Solar System is filled with images, illustrations, and charts to aid in understanding. Every object in the solar system is covered by at least one chapter. Other chapters are devoted to the relationships among the objects in the solar system and with the galaxy beyond. The processes that operate on solar system objects, in their atmospheres, on their surfaces, in their interiors, and interactions with space itself are all described in detail. There are chapters on how we explore and learn about the solar system and about the investigations used to make new discoveries. And there are chapters on the history of solar system exploration and the missions that have carried out this enterprise. All written by an international set of world-class scientists using rigorous yet easy-to-understand prose"--Provided by publisher
Content:
The Encyclopedia of the Solar System, third edition provides a framework for understanding the origin and evolution of the solar system, historical discoveries, and details about planetary bodies and how they interact-with an astounding breadth of content and breathtaking visual impact. The encyclopedia includes the latest explorations and observations, hundreds of color digital images and illustrations, and over 1,000 pages. It stands alone as the definitive work in this field, and will serve as a modern messenger of scientific discovery and provide a look into the future of our solar system
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Front Cover; Encyclopedia of the Solar System; Copyright; Contents; Foreword*; Preface to the Third Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; About the Editors; Contributors; Part I - The Solar System; Chapter 1 - The Solar System and Its Place in the Galaxy; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE DEFINITION OF A PLANET; 3 THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM; 4 THE ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM; 5 THE SOLAR SYSTEM'S PLACE IN THE GALAXY; 6 THE FATE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM; 7 CONCLUDING REMARKS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 2 - The Origin of the Solar System; 1 INTRODUCTION
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2 STAR FORMATION AND PROTOPLANETARY DISKS3 METEORITES AND THE ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM; 4 NUCLEOSYNTHESIS AND SHORT-LIVED ISOTOPES; 5 EARLY STAGES OF PLANETARY GROWTH; 6 FORMATION OF TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; 7 THE ASTEROID BELT; 8 GROWTH OF GAS AND ICE GIANT PLANETS; 9 PLANETARY SATELLITES; 10 EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; 11 SUMMARY AND FUTURE PROSPECTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 3 - Solar System Dynamics: Regular and Chaotic Motion; 1 INTRODUCTION: KEPLERIAN MOTION; 2 THE TWO-BODY PROBLEM; 3 PLANETARY PERTURBATIONS AND THE ORBITS OF SMALL BODIES; 4 CHAOTIC MOTION; 5 ORBITAL EVOLUTION OF MINOR BODIES
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6 LONG-TERM STABILITY OF PLANETARY ORBITS7 DISSIPATIVE FORCES AND THE ORBITS OF SMALL BODIES; 8 CHAOTIC ROTATION; 9 EPILOG; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Part II - Fundamental Planetary Processes and Properties; Chapter 4 - Planetary Impacts; 1 IMPACT CRATERS; 2 IMPACT PROCESSES; 3 IMPACTS AND PLANETARY EVOLUTION; 4 IMPACTS AS PLANETARY PROBES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 5 - Planetary Volcanism; 1 SUMMARY OF PLANETARY VOLCANIC FEATURES; 2 CLASSIFICATION OF ERUPTIVE PROCESSES; 3 EFFUSIVE ERUPTIONS AND LAVA FLOWS; 4 EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS; 5 INFERENCES ABOUT PLANETARY INTERIORS; BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Chapter 6 - Magnetic Field Generation in Planets1 PLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD OBSERVATIONS; 2 THE DYNAMO MECHANISM; 3 THE STANDARD PLANETARY DYNAMO; 4 SIMULATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS; 5 PLANETARY DYNAMOS; 6 CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 7 - Planetary Magnetospheres; 1 WHAT IS A MAGNETOSPHERE?; 2 TYPES OF MAGNETOSPHERES; 3 PLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; 4 MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMAS; 5 DYNAMICS; 6 INTERACTIONS WITH MOONS; 7 CONCLUSIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 8 - Rotation of Planets; INTRODUCTION; 1 OBSERVED ROTATION STATE OF PLANETS; 2 ORIGIN AND LONG-TERM SPIN EVOLUTION
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3 LONG-TERM EVOLUTION OF THE ORIENTATION4 ROTATIONAL FLATTENING OF PLANETS; 5 PRECESSION; 6 NUTATION; 7 LOD VARIATIONS; 8 LIBRATION; 9 WOBBLES AND THE INTERIORS OF TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; 10 OBSERVATION OF THE ROTATION OF TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 9 - Evolution of Planetary Interiors; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 FORMATION AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF TERRESTRIAL BODIES; 3 SUBSOLIDUS CONVECTION; 4 ROCK RHEOLOGY AND MODES OF CONVECTION; 5 MODELING INTERIOR DYNAMICS AND EVOLUTION; 6 CONSTRAINTS ON AND MODELS OF THE EVOLUTION OF PLANETARY INTERIORS; 7 CONCLUDING REMARKS AND PERSPECTIVES
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780124160347
Additional Edition:
Print version Encyclopedia of the Solar System
Language:
English
Subjects:
Physics
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Geography
Keywords:
Sonnensystem
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Electronic books
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Encyclopedias
Author information:
Spohn, Tilman 1950-
Author information:
Breuer, Doris 1965-
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