Planetary SciencesCambridge University Press, 29 janv. 2015 - 647 pages An authoritative introduction for graduate students in the physical sciences, this award-winning textbook explains the wide variety of physical, chemical, and geological processes that govern the motions and properties of planets. This updated second edition has been revised and improved while maintaining its existing structure and organization. Many data tables and plots have been updated to account for the latest measurements. A new Appendix focuses on recent discoveries since the second edition was first published. These include results from Cassini, Kepler, MESSENGER, MRO, LRO, Dawn at Vesta, Curiosity, and others, as well as many ground-based observatories. With over 300 exercises to help students apply the concepts covered, this textbook is ideal for graduate courses in astronomy, planetary science and earth science, and well suited as a reference for researchers. Color versions of many figures, movie clips supplementing the text, and other resources are available at www.cambridge.org/depater. |
Table des matières
4 | 5 |
vi | 8 |
5 | 15 |
Dynamics | 22 |
1 | 37 |
3 | 44 |
Solar Heating and Energy Transport | 56 |
Planetary Atmospheres | 76 |
Meteorites | 337 |
1 | 343 |
Minor Planets | 366 |
2 | 369 |
4 | 375 |
Comets | 405 |
Planetary Rings | 448 |
3 | 460 |
Basic atmospheric parameters for the giant | 77 |
Atmospheric composition of Earth Venus | 88 |
Parameters Cb and q cgs units in equation | 102 |
Eddy diffusion coefficient near homopause | 140 |
Planetary Surfaces | 152 |
Mohs scale of hardness | 154 |
Impacts and life | 195 |
5 | 200 |
Surface Geology of Individual Bodies | 221 |
Planetary Interiors | 241 |
Constants for jadeite + quartz albite | 242 |
Gravitational moments and the moment | 250 |
Magnetic Fields and Plasmas | 284 |
Solar wind properties at 1 | 286 |
Characteristics of planetary magnetic fields | 294 |
77 | 305 |
88 | 321 |
242 | 327 |
4 | 472 |
Extrasolar Planets | 489 |
Planet Formation | 512 |
1 | 549 |
List of Symbols Used | 554 |
Units and Constants | 562 |
Interplanetary Spacecraft | 575 |
Recent Developments in Planetary Sciences | 581 |
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628 | |
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abundance accretion albedo altitude angle angular momentum asteroid belt asteroids atmosphere atoms belt bodies body’s bright Calculate Cassini chondrites chondrules cloud collisions cometary comets composition convection core craters crust density detected dust Earth eccentricity electrons emission energy equation equilibrium field lines Figure flux force frequency giant planets grains gravitational heat hydrogen impact impact craters infrared interior Jupiter Jupiter’s Kuiper belt larger layers magnetic field magnetosphere mantle Mars mass material Mercury’s meteorites molecules moons motion Neptune objects observed Oort cloud optical depth orbital period outer perturbations planetary planetary rings planetesimals plasma polar pressure protoplanetary disk radar radiation radio radius ratio region relative resonance rocks rotation satellites semimajor axis solar nebula Solar System solar wind solid spacecraft spectra star stellar Sun’s surface temperature thermal tidal timescales tion torques Uranus velocity Venus volcanic wavelengths waves