Research Catalog

Title

Solar system evolution : a new perspective : an inquiry into the chemical composition, origin, and evolution of the solar system / Stuart Ross Taylor.

Author

Taylor, Stuart Ross, 1925-

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

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Details

Description

xxiv, 460 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

This second edition begins with a historical perspective of the place of the solar system in the universe. Covering many topics such as satellites, comets, centaurs and asteroids, the book also discusses how the universe has evolved over the years. Author from ANU.

Subject

• Cosmochemistry
• 39.50 solar system: general
• Origin of the Solar system
• Entstehung
• Kosmogonie
• Zonnestelsel
• Sterevolutie
• Scheikundige samenstelling
• SOLAR SYSTEM
• SOLAR SYSTEM EVOLUTION
• COSMOCHEMISTRY
• ORIGINS
• CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
• CHEMICAL EVOLUTION
• IMPACT DAMAGE
• CRATERING
• Système solaire
• Solar system
• Solar system > Origin
• Sonnensystem

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Ch. 1. A brief history. 1.1. The pre-Copernican view. 1.2. The Copernican Revolution. 1.3. Laplace and his followers. 1.4. Tidal theories. 1.5. Solar accretion theories. 1.6. Nebular theories -- Ch. 2. The universe. 2.1. The scale and structure of the universe. 2.2. Element synthesis -- Ch. 3. Stars. 3.1. Star formation. 3.2. Early violent stellar activity. 3.3. The formation of the Sun -- Ch. 4. The solar nebula. 4.1. The initial concept. 4.2. Molecular clouds and interstellar dust. 4.3. Presolar material. 4.4. Separation of nebulae. 4.5. Dust disks around stars. 4.6. Nebular collapse, nebular lifetime, and angular momentum transfer. 4.7. Nebular structure and temperature -- Ch. 5. Composition and chemical evolution of the solar nebula. 5.1. CI chondrites and the primitive nebula. 5.2. Volatile elements. 5.3. Homogeneity or heterogeneity? 5.4. Gas loss from the inner nebula. 5.5. Volatile-element depletion in the early inner nebula -- Ch. 6. The evidence from meteorites. 6.1. The most-ancient samples. 6.2. Refractory or calcium-aluminum inclusions (CAIs). 6.3. The matrix of chondrites. 6.4. Chondrules. 6.5. Models for the origin of chondrules and CAIs. 6.6. Chondrites and other primitive meteorites. 6.7. Chronology. 6.8. Fractionated meteorites and parent bodies -- Ch. 7. Building planets. 7.1. The collapse of clockwork solar systems. 7.2. Differences between the inner and outer planets. 7.3. Formation of the giant planets by the planetesimal hypothesis. 7.4. The inner solar system. 7.5. Planetesimals. 7.6. Accretion of planetesimals. 7.7. The long-term stability of the solar system -- Ch. 8. The giant planets. 8.1. Four giant cores. 8.2. Atmospheres. 8.3. Origin of our giant planets. 8.4. Planet X. 8.5. Extrasolar giant planets -- Ch. 9. Satellites and rings. 9.1. Miniature solar systems? 9.2. Satellite classification. 9.3. Galilean satellites. 9.4. Saturnian satellites. 9.5. Uranian satellites. 9.6. Neptunian satellites. 9.7. Planetary subnebulae. 9.8. Planetary rings -- Ch. 10. The refugees. 10.1. Pluto and Charon. 10.2. The Centaurs. 10.3. Comets. 10.4. The asteroids. 10.5. Asteroidal and cometary dust -- Ch. 11. The survivors: Mercury and Mars. 11.1. Mercury. 11.2. Mars -- Ch. 12. The twins: Venus and the Earth. 12.1. Venus. 12.2. The Earth -- Ch. 13. The Moon. 13.1. Some physical properties. 13.2. The lunar crust. 13.3. Lunar mantle and core. 13.4. Lunar bulk composition. 13.5. Evolution of the Moon. 13.6. Hypotheses of lunar origin -- Ch. 14. The role of impacts. 14.1. A reluctant conversion. 14.2. Mechanics of cratering. 14.3. Surface histories of the planets and satellites. 14.4. Lunar cataclysms? 14.5. The impactor population in the early solar system. 14.6. Cratering flux since the heavy bombardment -- Ch. 15. Epilogue: on the difficulty of making Earth-like planets. 15.1. The plurality of worlds? 15.2. The random nature of inner planet formation. 15.3. Is the continental crust of the Earth unique? 15.4. Synopsis.

ISBN

• 0521641306
• 9780521641302

LCCN

00068903

OCLC

• ocm45621724
• 45621724
• SCSB-1202856

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library