The New Solar System

, by Beatty, J. Kelly; Petersen, Carolyn Collins; Chaikin, Andrew

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ISBN: 9780933346864 | 0933346867
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/1/1999

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Preface

vii

1 Exploring the Solar System

(12)

David Morrison

2 Origin of the Solar System

(10)

John A. Wood

3 The Sun

(16)

Kenneth R. Lang

4 Planetary Magnetospheres and the Interplanetary Medium

(20)

James A. Van Allen

Frances Bagenal

5 Cometary Reservoirs

(10)

Paul R. Weissman

6 The Role of Collisions

(18)

Eugene M. Shoemaker

Carolyn S. Shoemaker

7 Mercury

(10)

Faith Vilas

8 Venus

(14)

R. Stephen Saunders

9 Planet Earth

111

(14)

Don L. Anderson

10 The Moon

125

(16)

Paul D. Spudis

11 Mars

141

(16)

Michael H. Carr

12 Surfaces and Interiors of the Terrestrial Planets

157

(18)

James W. Head III

13 Atmospheres of the Terrestrial Planets

175

(18)

Bruce M. Jakosky

14 Interiors of the Giant Planets

193

(8)

William B. Hubbard

15 Atmospheres of the Giant Planets

201

(20)

Andrew P. Ingersoll

16 Planetary Rings

221

(20)

Joseph A. Burns

17 Io

241

(12)

Torrence V. Johnson

18 Europa

253

(10)

Ronald Greeley

19 Ganymede and Callisto

263

(14)

Robert T. Pappalardo

20 Titan

277

(8)

Tobias Owen

21 Triton, Pluto, and Charon

285

(12)

Dale P. Cruikshank

22 Midsize Icy Satellites

297

(14)

William B. McKinnon

23 Small Worlds: Patterns and Relationships

311

(10)

William K. Hartmann

24 Comets

321

(16)

John C. Brandt

25 Asteroids

337

(14)

Clark R. Chapman

26 Meteorites

351

(14)

Harry Y. McSween Jr.

27 Life in the Solar System

365

(12)

Gerald A. Soffen

28 Other Planetary Systems

377

(10)

R. Paul Butler

Planet, Satellite, and Small-body Characteristics

387

(12)

Glossary

399

(4)

Authors, Suggested Readings, and Illustration Credits

403

(10)

Index

413

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The New Solar System

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