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Title

Encyclopedia of the solar system / editors, Lucy-Ann McFadden, Paul R. Weissman [and] Torrence V. Johnson.

Publication

San Diego, CA ; Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2007.

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Additional Authors

• McFadden, Lucy-Ann Adams.
• Weissman, Paul Robert, 1947-
• Johnson, T. V. (Torrence V.)

Description

xx, 966 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 29 cm

Summary

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 beds on Mars, robotic spacecraft missions, and new definitions of planets now dominate the news. How can you take it all in? Start with the new Encyclopedia of the Solar System, Second Edition. This self-contained reference follows the trail blazed by the bestselling first edition. It provides a framework for understanding the origin and evolution of the solar system, historical discoveries, and details about planetary bodies and how they interact . It stands alone as the definitive work in this field, and will serve as a modern messenger of scientific discovery and provide a look into the future of our solar system.

Subject

• Solar system > Encyclopedias

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. The solar system and its place in the galaxy / Paul R. Weissman -- Ch. 2. The origin of the solar system / Alex N. Halliday and John E. Chambers -- Ch. 3. A history of solar system studies / David Leverington -- Ch. 4. The sun / Markus J. Aschwanden -- Ch. 5. The solar wind / John T. Gosling -- Ch. 6. Mercury / Robert G. Strom -- Ch. 7. Venus : atmosphere / Donald M. Hunten -- Ch. 8. Venus : surface and interior / Suzanne E. Smrekar and Ellen R. Stofan -- Ch. 9. Earth as a planet : atmosphere and oceans / Timothy E. Dowling and Adam P. Showman -- Ch. 10. Earth as a planet : surface and interior / David C. Pieri and Adam M. Dziewonski -- Ch. 11. The sun-earth connection / Janet G. Luhmann and Stanley C. Solomon -- Ch. 12. The moon / Stuart Ross Taylor -- Ch. 13. Meteorites / Michael E. Lipschutz and Ludolf Schultz -- Ch. 14. Near-earth objects / Lucy A. McFadden and Richard P. Binzel -- Ch. 15. Mars atmosphere : history and surface interactions / David C. Catling and Conway Leovy -- Ch. 16. Mars : surface and interior / Michael H. Carr -- Ch. 17. Mars : landing site geology, mineralogy, and geochemistry / Matthew P. Golombek and Harry Y. McSween, Jr. -- Ch. 18. Main-belt asteroids / Daniel T. Britt, Guy Colsolmagno and Larry Lebofsky -- Ch. 19. Planetary satellites / Bonnie J. Buratti and Peter C. Thomas -- Ch. 20. Atmospheres of the giant planets / Robert A. West -- Ch. 21. Interiors of the giant planets / Mark S. Marley and Jonathan J. Fortney -- Ch. 22. Io : the volcanic moon / Rosaly M. C. Lopes -- Ch. 23. Europa / Louise M. Prockter and Robert T. Pappalardo -- Ch. 24. Ganymede and Callisto / Geoffrey Collins and Torrence V. Johnson -- Ch. 25. Titan / Athena Coustenis -- Ch. 26. Triton / William B. McKinnon and Randolph L. Kirk -- Ch. 27. Planetary rings / Carolyn C. Porco and Douglas P. Hamilton -- Ch. 28. Planetary magnetospheres / Margaret Calland Kivelson and Fran Bagenal -- Ch. 29. Pluto / S. Alan Stern -- Ch. 30. Physics and chemistry of comets / John C. Brandt -- Ch. 31. Comet populations and cometary dynamics / Harold F. Levison and Luke Dones -- Ch. 32. Kuiper Belt : dynamics / Alessandro Morbidelli and Harold F. Levison -- Ch. 33. Kuiper Belt objects : physical studies / Stephen C. Tegler -- Ch. 34. Solar system dust / Eberhard Grun -- Ch. 35. X-rays in the solar system / Anil Bhardwaj and Carey M. Lisse -- Ch. 36. The solar system at ultraviolet wavelengths / Amanda R. Hendrix, Robert M. Nelson and Deborah L. Domingue -- Ch. 37. Infrared views of the solar system from space / Mark V. Sykes -- Ch. 38. The solar system at radio wavelengths / Imke de Pater and William S. Kurth -- Ch. 39. New generation ground-based optical/infrared telescopes / Alan T. Tokunaga and Robert Jedicke -- Ch. 40. Planetary radar / Steven J. Ostro -- Ch. 41. Remote chemical sensing using nuclear spectroscopy / Thomas H. Prettyman -- Ch. 42. Solar system dynamics : regular and chaotic motion / Jack J. Lissaner and Carl D. Murray -- Ch. 43. Planetary impacts / Richard A. F. Grieve, Mark J. Cintala and Roald Tagle -- Ch. 44. Planetary volcanism / Lionel Wilson -- Ch. 45. Astrobiology / Christopher P. McKay and Wanda L. Davis -- Ch. 46. Planetary exploration missions / James D. Burke -- Ch. 47. Extrasolar planets / Michael Endl and William D. Cochran.

ISBN

• 0120885891 (hbk.)
• 9780120885893 (hbk.)

LCCN

2006937972

OCLC

• ocm76797928
• SCSB-5316891

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries