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9780122268052

Encyclopedia of the Solar System

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  • ISBN13:

    9780122268052

  • ISBN10:

    0122268059

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-09-11
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology

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The Encyclopedia of the Solar System provides a series of comprehensive and authoritative articles written by more than 50 eminent planetary and space scientists. Each chapter is self-contained yet linked by cross-references to other related chapters. This beautifully designed book is a must for the library of professional astronomers and amateur star-gazers alike, in fact for anyone who wishes to understand the nature of our solar system. * Cross-referenced throughout for easy comprehension * Superbly illustrated with over 700 photos, drawings, and diagrams, including 36 color plates * Provides 40 thematically organized chapters by more than 50 eminent contributors * Convenient glossaries of technical terms introduce each chapter * Foreword written by astronaut Sally Ride * Special web site for the Encyclopedia at www.academicpress.com/solar includes author-recommended web resources for additional information, images, and research developments related to each chapter of this volume

Table of Contents

CONTRIBUTORS ix(4)
FOREWORD xiii(2)
PREFACE xv(2)
GUIDE TO THE ENCYCLOPEDIA xvii
The Solar System and Its Place in the Galaxy
1(34)
Paul R. Weissman
The Origin of the Solar System
35(30)
Patrick M. Cassen
Dorothy S. Woolum
The Sun
65(30)
Jack B. Zirker
The Solar Wind
95(28)
John T. Gosling
Mercury
123(24)
Robert G. Strom
Venus: Atmosphere
147(14)
Donald M. Hunten
Venus: Surface and Interior
161(30)
James W. Head
Alexander Basilevski
Earth as a Planet: Atmosphere and Oceans
191(18)
Timothy E. Dowling
Earth as a Planet: Surface and Interior
209(38)
David C. Pieri
Adam M. Dziewonski
The Moon
247(30)
Stuart Ross Taylor
Mars: Atmosphere and Volatile History
277(14)
Fraser P. Fanale
Mars: Surface and Interior
291(18)
Michael H. Carr
Phobos and Deimos
309(6)
Peter C. Thomas
Atmospheres of the Giant Planets
315(24)
Robert A. West
Interiors of the Giant Planets
339(18)
Mark Scott Marley
Io
357(20)
Dennis Matson
Diana Blaney
Titan
377(28)
Athena Coustenis
Ralph Lorenz
Triton
405(30)
William B. McKinnon
Randolph L. Kirk
Outer Planet Icy Satellites
435(22)
Bonnie J. Buratti
Planetary Rings
457(20)
Carolyn C. Porco
Planetary Magnetospheres
477(22)
Margaret Kivelson
Fran Bagenal
Pluto and Charon
499(20)
S. Alan Stern
Roger V. Yelle
Physics and Chemistry of Comets
519(18)
Daniel C. Boice
Walter Huebner
Cometary Dynamics
537(20)
Julio A. Fernandez
The Kuiper Belt
557(28)
Harold F. Levison
Paul R. Weissman
Asteroids
585(22)
Daniel T. Britt
Larry A. Lebofsky
Near-Earth Asteroids
607(22)
Lucy-Ann McFadden
Meteorites
629(44)
Michael E. Lipschutz
Ludolf Schultz
Interplanetary Dust and the Zodiacal Cloud
673(24)
Eberhard Grun
The Solar System at Ultraviolet Wavelengths
697(18)
Robert M. Nelson
Deborah L. Domingue
Infrared Views of the Solar System from Space
715(20)
Mark V. Sykes
The Solar System at Radio Wavelengths
735(38)
Imke de Pater
Planetary Radar
773(36)
Steven Ostro
Solar System Dynamics
809(16)
Martin J. Duncan
Jack J. Lissauer
Chaotic Motion in the Solar System
825(20)
Carl D. Murray
Planetary Impacts
845(32)
Richard A.F. Grieve
Mark J. Cintala
Planetary Volcanism
877(22)
Lionel Wilson
Planets and the Origin of Life
899(24)
Christopher P. McKay
Wanda L. Davis
Planetary Exploration Missions
923(18)
Louis Friedman
Robert Kraemer
Extra-Solar Planets: Searching for Other Planetary Systems
941(16)
David C. Black
Appendix 957(8)
Index 965

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