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Long before Galileo published his discoveries about Jupiter, lunar craters, and the Milky Way in the Starry Messenger in 1610, people were fascinated with the planets and stars around them. That interest continues today, and scientists are making new discoveries at an astounding rate. Ancient lake b...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: McFadden, Lucy-Ann Adams, Weissman, Paul Robert, 1947-, Johnson, T. V. (Torrence V.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic, 2007.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Solar system > Encyclopedias.
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Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • The Solar System and Its Place in the Galaxy
  • The Origin of the Solar System
  • A History of Solar System Studies
  • The Sun
  • The Solar Wind
  • Mercury
  • Venus: Atmosphere
  • Venus: Surface and Interior
  • Earth as a Planet: Atmosphere and Oceans
  • Earth as a Planet: Surface and Interior
  • The Sun-Earth Connection
  • The Moon
  • Meteorites
  • Near-Earth Objects
  • Mars Atmosphere: History and Surface Interaction
  • Mars: Surface and Interior
  • Mars: Landing Site Geology, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry
  • Main-Belt Asteroids
  • Planetary Satellites
  • Atmospheres of the Giant Planets
  • Interiors of the Giant Planets
  • Io: The Volcanic Moon
  • Europa
  • Ganymede and Callisto
  • Titan
  • Triton
  • Planetary Rings
  • Planetary Magnetospheres
  • Pluto and Charon
  • Physics and Chemistry of Comets
  • Cometary Dynamics
  • Kuiper Belt: Dynamics
  • Kuiper Belt Objects: Physical Studies
  • Solar System Dust
  • X-Rays in the Solar System
  • The Solar System at Ultraviolet Wavelengths
  • Infrared Views of the Solar System from Space
  • The Solar System at Radio Wavelengths
  • New Generation Optical/Infrared Telescopes
  • Planetary Radar
  • Semote Chemical Analysis
  • Solar System Dynamics: Regular and Chaotic Motion
  • Planetary Impacts
  • Planetary Volcanism
  • Planets and the Origin of Life
  • Planetary Exploration Missions
  • Extra-Solar Planets
  • Appendices
  • Glossary
  • Index.
  • The solar system and its place in the galaxy
  • The origin of the solar system
  • A history of solar system studies
  • The Sun
  • The solar wind
  • Mercury
  • Venus: atmosphere
  • Venus: surface and interior
  • Earth as a planet: atmosphere and oceans
  • Earth as a planet: surface and interior
  • The Sun-Earth connection
  • The Moon
  • Meteorites
  • Near-Earth objects
  • Mars atmosphere: history and surface interactions
  • Mars: surface and interior
  • Mars: landing site geology, mineralogy and geochemistry
  • Main-belt asteroids
  • Planetary satellites
  • Atmospheres of the giant planets
  • Io: the volcanic moon
  • Europa
  • Ganymede and Callisto
  • Titan
  • Triton
  • Planetary rings
  • Planetary magnetospheres
  • Pluto
  • Physics and chemistry of comets
  • Comet populations and cometary dynamics
  • Kuiper Belt: dynamics
  • Kuiper Belt objects: physical studies
  • Solar system dust
  • X-rays in the solar system
  • The solar system at ultraviolet wavelengths
  • Infrared views of the solar system from space
  • The solar system at radio wavelengths
  • New generation ground-based optical/infrared telescopes
  • Planetary radar
  • Remote chemical sensing using nuclear spectroscopy
  • Solar system dynamics: regular and chaotic motion
  • Planetary impacts.