Solar System Astrophysics: Background Science and the Inner Solar System & Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System

Solar System Astrophysics: Background Science and the Inner Solar System & Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System
ISBN-10
0387731539
ISBN-13
9780387731537
Series
Solar System Astrophysics
Category
Science
Pages
664
Language
English
Published
2008-09-06
Publisher
Springer
Authors
Eugene F. Milone, William J.F. Wilson

Description

This exhaustive work covers solar system astrophysics beginning with basic tools of spherical astronomy, and celestial mechanics. Coverage includes the Earth-Moon system and the interior planets; rocks and minerals, including crystallography; atmospheres, with detailed discussions of circulation, applicable also to discussion of the gas giants. The three giant planets are discussed together. This is followed by chapters on moons and rings, comets and meteors, meteorites and asteroids, and a discussion of extrasolar planets. The material is updated to incorporate the latest discoveries of the Mars Rover and the Saturn Cassini missions.

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