Planetary Science
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Planetary Science

The Science of Planets around Stars, Second Edition

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eBook - ePub

Planetary Science

The Science of Planets around Stars, Second Edition

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Since the publication of the popular first edition, stellar and planetary scientists have produced numerous new observations, theories, and interpretations, including the "demotion" of our former ninth planet Pluto as a dwarf planet. Covering all of these new discoveries, Planetary Science: The Science of Planets around Stars, Second Edition explai

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9781040179413
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Geology & Earth Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. Introduction
  9. 1: Unity of the Universe
  10. 2: The Sun and Other Stars
  11. 3: The Planets
  12. 4: The Terrestrial Planets
  13. 5: The Major Planets
  14. 6: The Moon
  15. 7: Satellites and Rings
  16. 8: Asteroids
  17. 9: Comets and the Kuiper Belt
  18. 10: Meteorites
  19. 11: Dust in the Solar System
  20. 12: Theories of the Origin and Evolution of the Solar System
  21. Appendix A: Electromagnetic Radiation: Detecting Atoms, Ions, Molecules and Radicals
  22. Appendix B: Basic Mineralogy
  23. Appendix C: Geochronology: Radioactive Dating
  24. Appendix D: Virial Theorem
  25. Appendix E: Jeans Critical Mass
  26. Appendix F: Free-Fall Collapse
  27. Appendix G: Evolution of Protostars
  28. Appendix H: Equilibrium of Stars on the Main Sequence
  29. Appendix I: Energy Production in Stars
  30. Appendix J: Evolution of Stars away from the Main Sequence
  31. Appendix K: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black Holes
  32. Appendix L: Exoplanets: Planets around Other Stars
  33. Appendix M: Solar System Studies to the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century
  34. Appendix N: Newton, Kepler’s Laws and Solar-System Dynamics
  35. Appendix O: Formation of Commensurate Planetary Orbits
  36. Appendix P: Atmosphere of the Earth
  37. Appendix Q: Physics of Planetary Interiors
  38. Appendix R: Transfer of Heat
  39. Appendix S: Seismology: The Interior of the Earth
  40. Appendix T: Moments of Inertia
  41. Appendix U: Gravitational Field of a Distorted Planet
  42. Appendix
  43. Appendix
  44. Appendix X: Magnetic Interactions between Planet and Star
  45. Appendix Y: Planetary Albedos
  46. Appendix Z: Physics of Tides
  47. Appendix AA: Darwin’s Theory of Lunar Origin
  48. Appendix AB: Roche Limit and Satellite Disruption
  49. Appendix AC: Tidal Heating of Io
  50. Appendix AD: Ram Pressure of a Gas Stream
  51. Appendix AE: Trojan Asteroids
  52. Appendix AF: Heating by Accretion
  53. Appendix AG: Perturbations of the Oort Cloud
  54. Appendix AH: Radiation Pressure and the Poynting-Robertson Effect
  55. Appendix AI: Analyses Associated with the Jeans’ Tidal Theory
  56. Appendix AJ: Viscous-Disk Mechanism for the Transfer of Angular Momentum
  57. Appendix AK: Magnetic Braking of the Spinning Sun
  58. Appendix AL: Safronov Theory of Planet Formation
  59. Appendix AM: Eddington Accretion Mechanism
  60. Appendix AN: Life on Earth: And Elsewhere?
  61. Appendix AO: Global Warming
  62. Appendix AP: Migration of Planetary Orbits
  63. Appendix AQ: Interactions in an Embedded Cluster
  64. Program TIDE
  65. Program TROJANS
  66. Physical Constants and Useful Data
  67. References
  68. Index