The New Solar System

by Beatty, J. Kelly; Petersen, Carolyn Collins; Chaikin, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780933346864
• ISBN10: 0933346867
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: F & W Media Inc

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
1 Exploring the Solar System	1	(12)
David Morrison
2 Origin of the Solar System	13	(10)
John A. Wood
3 The Sun	23	(16)
Kenneth R. Lang
4 Planetary Magnetospheres and the Interplanetary Medium	39	(20)
James A. Van Allen
Frances Bagenal
5 Cometary Reservoirs	59	(10)
Paul R. Weissman
6 The Role of Collisions	69	(18)
Eugene M. Shoemaker
Carolyn S. Shoemaker
7 Mercury	87	(10)
Faith Vilas
8 Venus	97	(14)
R. Stephen Saunders
9 Planet Earth	111	(14)
Don L. Anderson
10 The Moon	125	(16)
Paul D. Spudis
11 Mars	141	(16)
Michael H. Carr
12 Surfaces and Interiors of the Terrestrial Planets	157	(18)
James W. Head III
13 Atmospheres of the Terrestrial Planets	175	(18)
Bruce M. Jakosky
14 Interiors of the Giant Planets	193	(8)
William B. Hubbard
15 Atmospheres of the Giant Planets	201	(20)
Andrew P. Ingersoll
16 Planetary Rings	221	(20)
Joseph A. Burns
17 Io	241	(12)
Torrence V. Johnson
18 Europa	253	(10)
Ronald Greeley
19 Ganymede and Callisto	263	(14)
Robert T. Pappalardo
20 Titan	277	(8)
Tobias Owen
21 Triton, Pluto, and Charon	285	(12)
Dale P. Cruikshank
22 Midsize Icy Satellites	297	(14)
William B. McKinnon
23 Small Worlds: Patterns and Relationships	311	(10)
William K. Hartmann
24 Comets	321	(16)
John C. Brandt
25 Asteroids	337	(14)
Clark R. Chapman
26 Meteorites	351	(14)
Harry Y. McSween Jr.
27 Life in the Solar System	365	(12)
Gerald A. Soffen
28 Other Planetary Systems	377	(10)
R. Paul Butler
Planet, Satellite, and Small-body Characteristics	387	(12)
Glossary	399	(4)
Authors, Suggested Readings, and Illustration Credits	403	(10)
Index	413