UID:
almahu_9949697725802882
Format:
1 online resource (671 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-280-96166-X
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9786610961665
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0-08-047012-2
Series Statement:
This is volume 87 in the International geophysics series
Content:
Physics and Chemistry of the Solar System, 2nd Edition, is a comprehensive survey of the planetary physics and physical chemistry of our own solar system. It covers current research in these areas and the planetary sciences that have benefited from both earth-based and spacecraft-based experimentation. These experiments form the basis of this encyclopedic reference, which skillfully fuses synthesis and explanation. Detailed chapters review each of the major planetary bodies as well as asteroids, comets, and other small orbitals. Astronomers, physicists, and planetary scientists
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Foreword; I Introduction; Nature and scope of the planetary sciences; Guide to the literature; Numbers in science; Dimensions and units; Exercises; II Astronomical Perspective; Introduction; Distance scales in the universe; The big bang; Limitations on big bang nucleosynthesis; Galaxy and star formation; Structure and classification of galaxies; Classification of stars; Steller evolution; Star clusters; Stellar origins; Outline of star formation; Stellar explosions and nucleosynthesis; Nuclear cosmochronology; Exercises; III General Description of the Solar System; Introduction
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The sunOrbits of the planets; Changes in orbital motion; Properties of the planets; Mass and angular momentum distribution; Satellites; Asteroids; Comets; Meteors; Meteorites; Cosmic dust; Cosmic rays; Planetary science in the space age; Summary; Exercises; IV The Sun and the Solar Nebula; Introduction; Energy production in the sun; Energy transport in the sun; Internal structure of the sun; Surface of the sun; The chromosphere; The corona; Discovery of the solar wind; Radio wave propagation in space plasmas; The solar wind; Chemistry of solar material; Ionizaton; Hydrogen and the rare gases
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Oxygen, carbon and nitrogenMagnesium and silicon; Iron; Sulfur; Aluminium and calcium; Sodium and potassium; Nickel and cobalt; Phosphorus and the halogens; Geochemical classification of the elements; The chemistry of rapid accretion; Kinetic inhibition; Mass and density of the solar nebula; Thermal opacity in the solar nebula; Dust opacity; Thermal structure of the nebula; Turbulence and dust sedimentation; Accretion of rocks, planetesimals and planets; Gas capture from the solar nebula; The T Tauri phase; Thermal history of the early solar system; Exercises; V The Major Planets
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IntroductionInteriors of Jupiter and Saturn: data; Isothermal interior models of Jupiter and Saturn; Thermal models of Jupiter and Saturn; The atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn: observed composition; Tropospheric composition and structures theory; Cloud condensation in the NH3-H2O-H2S system; Cloud physics on the Jovian planets; Galileo perspectives on Jovian clouds; Ion production in the Jovian atmosphere; Visible and infrared radiative transfer; Horizontal structure and atmospheric circulation; Photochemistry and aeronomy; The Jovian thermosphere
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Radiophysics and magnetospheres of Jupiter and SaturnThe interiors of Uranus and Neptune; Perspectives; Exercises; VI Pluto and the Icy Satellites of the Outer Planets; Introduction; Surfaces of icy satellites; Eclipse radiometry; Surface temperatures; Surface morphology of the Galilean satellites; Density and composition of icy satellites; Internal thermal structure of Galilean satellites; Dynamical interactions of the Galilean satellites; Thermal and tectonic evolution of icy satellites; Minor satellites of Jupiter; Planetary rings; Titan; The intermediate-sized Saturnian satellites
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Minor satellites of Saturn
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-446744-X
Language:
English
