Physics and chemistry of the solar system /
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
©1995.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Astronomical perspective
- General description of the Solar System
- The Sun and the Solar Nebula
- The major planets
- Pluto and the icy satellites of the outer planets
- Comets and meteors
- Meteorites and asteroids
- The airless rocky bodies : Io, Phobos, Deimos, the Moon, and Mercury
- The terrestrial planets : Mars, Venus, and Earth
- Planets and life about other stars
- Future prospects.