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Solar System Astrophysics Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System

:	Eugene F. Milone, William J.F. Wilson
:	Solar System Astrophysics Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9780387731575
:	1
:	CHF 99.20
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:	Sonstiges
:	English

:	406
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The book covers the field of solar system astrophysics beginning with basic tools of spherical astronomy and coordinate frames and celestial mechanics. It therefore presents equations and derivations starting from a level that permits one to see the underlying physical ideas. An up-to-date overview on all essential topics is presented, but is concise where possible. The text is based on extensive experience in the classroom and its contents have been field-tested by students for years. The material has been updated in the last few months to take advantage of the newer discoveries of the Mars Rover and the Saturn Cassini missions.

	Preface	5
	Acknowledgments	7
	Contents	9
	10. Planetary Atmospheres	16
	10.1 Atmospheric Constituents	16
	10.2 Atmospheric Structure	19
	10.3 Circulation in the Atmosphere	26
	10.4 Atmospheric E.ects on the Heat Budget	45
	10.5 Planetary Circulation E.ects	53
	References	69
	Challenges	70
	11. Planetary Ionospheres and Magnetospheres	71
	11.1 Earth: Ionospheric Layers	71
	11.2 Atmospheric and Ionospheric Chemistry on Mars and Venus	78
	11.3 Solar Wind	83
	11.4 Maxwell s Equations and the Plasma Frequency	84
	11.5 The Earth s Magnetosphere	89
	11.6 Electric Currents in the Ionosphere and Magnetosphere	104
	11.7 Magnetospheres of Mercury, Venus, and Mars	121
	References	129
	Challenges	130
	12. The Giant Planets	133
	12.1 Jupiter	133
	12.2 Saturn	142
	12.3 Uranus	145
	12.4 Neptune	147
	12.5 Internal Pressures	150
	12.6 Excess Radiation	151
	12.7 Ionospheres of the Giant Planets	153
	12.8 The Jovian Magnetosphere	154
	References	162
	Challenges	164
	13. Satellite and Ring Systems	165
	13.1 Satellites	165
	13.2 Origins of Ring systems	203
	13.3 Ring Structures	206
	13.4 Orbital Stability of the Moons and the Case of Pluto	217
	13.5 Origins of the Moons	221
	References	221
	Challenges	224
	14. Comets and Meteors	226
	14.1 Comets in History	226
	14.2 Comet Designations	231
	14.3 Cometary Orbits	233
	14.4 Typical and Historically Important Comets	238
	14.5 Cometary Structure	242
	14.6 Cometary Composition	244
	14.7 Origins of Comets	250
	14.8 Cometary Demise	253
	14.9 Meteor Showers	255
	14.10 Meteors	256
	14.11 Micrometeorites	262
	14.12 Dust Destinies	264
	References	266
	Challenges	269
	15. Meteorites, Asteroids and the Age and Origin of the Solar System	270
	15.1 Stones from Heaven	270
	15.2 Undi.erentiated Meteorites: the Chondrites	278
	15.3 DSR Meteorites	286
	15.4 Iron Meteorites	290
	15.5 Ages and Origins of Meteorites	292
	15.6 Other Sources of Evidence for Meteoritic Origins	297
	15.7 Parent Bodies and the Asteroids	299
	15.8 Implications for the Origin of the Solar System	315
	15.9 The Solar Nebula	316
	15.10 The Proto-Planetary Disk	318
	References	320
	Challenges	323
	16. Extra-Solar Planetary Systems	325
	16.1 Historical Perspective	325
	16.2 Methods to Find Small -Mass Companions	350
	16.3 De.nitions of Planets and Brown Dwarfs	365
	16.4 Extra-Solar Planets Detected or Strongly Suspected	368
	16.5 Origins of Brown Dwarfs and Planets	379
	References	383
	Challenges	396
	Index	398