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Solar System Update

  • Philippe Blondel
  • John W. Mason
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Part of the Springer Praxis Books book series (PRAXIS)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages I-XIX
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  2. The Solar Atmosphere and Space Weather
    Volker Bothmer
    Pages 1-53
  3. Mercury
    Robert G. Strom, Ann L. Sprague
    Pages 55-85
  4. The Atmosphere of Venus: Current Knowledge and Future Investigations
    Dmitri V. Titov, Hakan Svedhem, Fred W. Taylor
    Pages 87-110
  5. Moon’s Origin And Evolution: Alternatives and Implications
    Harrison H. Schmitt
    Pages 111-134
  6. Evidence for Climate Change on Mars
    Stephen R. Lewis, Peter L. Read
    Pages 135-158
  7. The Habitability of Mars: Past and Present
    Thomas M. McCollom
    Pages 159-175
  8. Jupiter-sized Planets in the Solar System and Elsewhere
    Patrick G. J. Irwin
    Pages 177-196
  9. The Icy Moons of Jupiter
    Richard Greenberg
    Pages 197-216
  10. Cassini at Saturn: The First Results
    Ellis D. Miner, Dennis L. Matson, Linda J. Spilker
    Pages 217-249
  11. The Ice Giant Systems of Uranus and Neptune
    Heidi B. Hammel
    Pages 251-265
  12. The Solar System Beyond The Planets
    Audrey Delsanti, David Jewitt
    Pages 267-293
  13. The Nature of Comets
    David W. Hughes
    Pages 295-316
  14. Back Matter
    Pages 317-330
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About this book

Introduction

This book, the first in a series of forthcoming volumes, consists of topical and timely reviews of a number of carefully selected topics in solar systemn science. Contributions, in form of up-to-date reviews, are mainly aimed at professional astronomers and planetary scientists wishing to inform themselves about progress in fields closely related to their own field of expertise.

Keywords

Kuiper belt Planet Solar System comets planetary atmospheres planets and moons solar

Editors and affiliations

  • Philippe Blondel
    • 1
  • John W. Mason
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of PhysicsUniversity of BathBathUK
  2. 2.Olympus MonsBarnham West SussexUK

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