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Solar and extra-solar planetary systems : lectures held at the Astrophysics School XI organized by the European Astrophysics Doctoral Network (EADN) in the Burren, Ballyvaughn, Ireland, 7-18 September 1998 /

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Both the high level of activity in worldwide space exploration programmes and the discovery of extra-solar planets have spurred renewed interest in the physics and evolution dynamics of solar systems. The present book has grown out of a set of lectures by leading experts in the field within the fram...

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Corporate Authors: Predoctoral Astrophysics School Ballyvaughn, Ireland, SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Williams, I. P. (Iwan Prys), Thomas, N. (Nicolas)
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2001]
Series:Lecture notes in physics ; 577.
Subjects:
Extrasolar planets.
Solar system.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Solar System: An Overview
  • Setting the Scene: A Star Formation Perspective
  • Extrasolar Planets: A Review of Current Observations and Theory
  • The Giant Planets
  • The Formation of Planets
  • Dynamics of the Solar System
  • Photometry of Resolved Planetary Surfaces
  • Mercury-Goals for a Future Mission
  • Physical Processes Associated with Planetary Satellites
  • Light Scattering in the Martian Atmosphere: Effects on Surface Photometry
  • The Small Bodies of the Solar System
  • Dust in the Solar System and in Other Planetary Systems
  • Meteors, Meteor Showers and Meteoroid Streams.