Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic, 2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

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

Description

xx, 966 p. : ill., maps; 29 cm.

Subject

• Solar system > Encyclopedias

Note

• Earlier edition published 1999.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

ISBN

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

LCCN

2006937972

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library