Advances in Geosciences: Planetary Science (PS)

by Bhardwaj, Anil

• ISBN13: 9789812569837
• ISBN10: 9812569839
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-30
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Table of Contents

Editors	v
Reviewers	vii
Review of Mariner 10 Observations: Mercury Surface Impact Processes	1	(4)
Clark R. Chapman
Earth Ground-Based Observations of Mercury Exosphere — Magnetosphere — Surface Relations	5	(12)
Leblanc François
On the Dynamics of Charged Particles in the Magnetosphere of Mercury	17	(12)
Dominique C. Delcourt and Kanako Seki
The Dayside Magnetosphere of Mercury	29	(8)
S. Massetti, S. Orsini, E. De Angelis, V. Mangano, A. Milillo and A. Mura
Neutral Atom Emission from Mercury	37	(14)
A. Mura, S. Orsini, A. Milillo, D. Delcourt, A.M. Di Lellis, E. De Angelis and S. Massetti
Bepicolombo-MPO Scientific Aspects and System Update	51	(12)
Johannes Benkhoff and Rita Schulz
Diagnosing the Mercury Plasma Environment Using Low-Frequency Electric Field Measurements	63	(8)
L.G. Blomberg and J.A. Cumnock
Plasma/Radio Wave Observations at Mercury by the Bepicolombo MMO Spacecraft	71	(14)
H. Matsumoto, J.-L. Bougeret, L.G. Blomberg, H. Kojima, S. Yagitani, Y. Omura, M. Moncuquet, G. Chanteur, Y. Kasaba, J.-G. Trotignon, Y. Kasahara and Bepicolombo MMO PWI Team
Low Energy Ion Observation by Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter: MMO	85	(8)
Yoshifumi Saito, Dominique Delcourt and Andrew Coates
Ice on the Moon and Mercury	93	(8)
Dana H. Crider, Rosemary M. Killen and Richard R. Vondrak
Global High-Resolution Stereo Mapping of the Moon with the Selene Terrain Camera	101	(8)
Jun'ichi Haruyama, Makiko Ohtake, Tsuneo Matsunaga and LISM Working Group
Oxygen Chemistry in the Venus Middle Atmosphere	109	(10)
F.P. Mills, M. Sundaram, T.G. Slanger, M. Allen and Y.L. Yung
Observations in the Shadow of Mars by the Neutral Particle Imager	119	(16)
M. Holmström, K. Brinkfeldt, S. Barabash and R. Lundin
Observational Features of the Secondary Layer of the Martian Ionosphere	135	(10)
Hai-Ren Liao, Jing-Song Wang, Hong Zou and Xiao-Dong Wang
Martian Atmosphere During the 2001 Global Dust Storm: Observations with SWAS and Simulations with a General Circulation Model	145	(10)
Takeshi Kuroda, Alexander S. Medvedev and Paul Hartogh
The Bulk Density of Cometary Nuclei	155	(16)
Björn J.R. Davidsson
Lyman-α Observations of Sungrazing Comets with the SOHO/UVCS Instrument	171	(14)
A. Bemporad, G. Poletto, J. Raymond and S. Giordano
An Investigation of the Light Curve of Deep Impact Target Comet	185	(6)
Vitaly Filonenko and Klim Churyumov
Three-Dimensional MHD Simulation of the Solar Wind Interaction with Comets	191	(12)
Mehdi Benna and Paul R. Mahaffy
XMM-Newton Observations of X-Ray Emission from Jupiter	203	(12)
G. Branduardi-Raymont, A. Bhardwaj, R. Elsner, R. Gladstone, G. Ramsay, P. Rodriguez, R. Soria, H. Waite and T. Cravens
X-Ray Emission from Jupiter, Saturn, and Earth: A Short Review	215	(16)
Anil Bhardwaj
Instrumentation and Observations of the X-Ray Spectrometer Onboard Hayabusa	231	(10)
Tatsuaki Okada, Kei Shirai, Yukio Yamamoto, Takehiko Arai, Kazunori Ogawa, Kozue Hosono and Manabu Kato
A Mission Called SAPPORO	241	(14)
W.-H. Ip, I.-G. Jiang, D. Kinoshita, L.N. Hau, A. Fujiwara, Y. Saito, F. Yoshida, K.W. Min, Anil Bhardwaj, H. Boehnhardt, P. Hartogh, T.M. Capria, G. Cremonese, A. Milillo, S. Orisini, D. Gautier, D. Jewitt and T. Owen
Observation of Luminous Transient Phenomena on Planetary Bodies	255	(16)
Mario Di Martino and Albino Carbognani
Short Electric-Field Antennae as Diagnostic Tools for Space Plasmas and Ground Permittivity	271	(10)
Jean-Gabriel Trotignon
Infrared High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Pluto by Subaru Telescope	281	(6)
Takanori Sasaki, Masateru Ishiguro, Daisuke Kinoshita, and Ryosuke Nakamura
Understanding the Origin of the Asteroids Through the Study of Vesta and Ceres: The Role of Dawn	287	(12)
Alberto Cellino, Fabrizio Capaccioni, Maria Teresa Capria, Angioletta Coradini, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Horst U. Keller, Thomas H. Prettyman, Carol A. Raymond and Christopher T. Russell
The Expected Role of Gaia For Asteroid Science	299	(18)
Alberto Cellino, Aldo Dell'oro and Paolo Tanga
Lightcurves of the Karin Family Asteroids	317	(14)
Takashi Ito and Fumi Yoshida
Difference in Degree of Space Weathering on Newborn Asteroid Karin	331	(6)
Takanori Sasaki, Sho Sasaki, Jun-Ichi Watanabe, Tomohiko Sekiguchi, Fumi Yoshida, Takashi Ito, Hideyo Kawakita, Tetsuharu Fuse, Naruhisa Takato and Budi Dermawan
Size Distribution of Asteroids and Old Terrestrial Craters: Implications for Asteroidal Dynamics During LHB	337	(8)
Takashi Ito, Robert G. Strom, Renu Malhotra, Furni Yoshida and David A. Kring
Status of the TAOS Project and a Simulator for TNO Occultation	345	(14)
Sun-Kun King, Charles Alcock, Tim Axelrod, Federica B. Bianco, Yong-Ik Byun, Wen-Ping Chen, Kem H. Cook, Yung-Hsin Chang, Rahul Dave, Joseph Giammarco, Typhoon Lee, Matthew Lehner, Jack Lissauer, Stuart Marshall, Soumen Mondal, Imke De Pater, Rodin Porrata, John Rice, Megan E. Schwamb, Andrew Wang, Shiang-Yu Wang, Chih-Yi Wen and Zhi-Wei Zhang
Neo-Survey and Hazard Evaluation	359	(8)
Yuehua Ma and Guangyu Li
ENA Signals Coming from the Heliospheric Boundaries	367	(10)
K.C. Hsieh
Habitable Zones for Earth-Like Planets in the 47 UMa Planetary System	377	(12)
Jianghui Ji and Lin Liu
JAXA Future Program for Solar System Sciences	389
Masato Nakamura, Manabu Kato and Yasumasa Kasaba