Planetary Sciences

Planetary Sciences
ISBN-10
0521482194
ISBN-13
9780521482196
Category
Science
Pages
528
Language
English
Published
2001-12-06
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Authors
Imke de Pater, Jack J. Lissauer, Jack Lissauer

Description

Planetary Sciences presents a comprehensive coverage of this fascinating and expanding field at a level appropriate for graduate students and researchers in the physical sciences. The book explains the wide variety of physical, chemical and geological processes that govern the motions and properties of planets. Observations of the planets, moons, asteroids, comets and planetary rings in our Solar System, as well as extrasolar planets, are described, and the process of planetary formation is discussed.

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