Planetary science : the science of planets around stars /: the science of planets around stars. (©2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: George H.A. Cole, Michael M. Woolfson.
• Other Names: Cole, G. H. A; Woolfson, Michael M (Michael Mark)
• Contents: Unity of the Universe ; Cosmic Abundance of the Chemical Elements; Some Examples The Sun and Other Stars ; The Galaxy, Field Stars, Binaries, and Clusters; Composition of Stars; Interstellar Medium; Dense Cool Clouds; Heating and Cooling of Galactic Gases; Scenario for Producing a Dark Cool Cloud; Formation of a Galactic Cluster; Main-Sequence Stars and Their Evolution; Stars, Brown Dwarfs, and Planets; Stellar Planetary Systems The Planets ; Overview of the Planets; Orbital Motions; Orbits of the Planets; Planetary Structures: General Considerations The Terrestrial Planets ; Mercury; Venus; Earth; Mars The Major Planets ; Jupiter; Saturn; Uranus; Neptune The Moon ; Physical Characteristics of the Moon; Earth–Moon Interactions; Lunar and Solar Eclipses; Lunar Surface; Interior of the Moon; Lunar Magnetism; Some Indications of Lunar History; Moon Summary Satellites and Rings ; Types of Satellites; Satellites of Mars; Satellites of Jupiter; Satellites of Saturn; Satellites of Uranus; Satellites of Neptune; Ring Systems; General Observations Asteroids ; General Characteristics; Types of Asteroid Orbit; Distribution of Asteroid Orbits: Kirkwood Gaps; Compositions and Possible Origins of Asteroids Comets and the Kuiper Belt ; Types of Comet Orbit; Physical Structure of Comets; Oort Cloud; Kuiper Belt Meteorites ; Introduction; Stony Meteorites; Stony Irons; Iron Meteorites; Ages of Meteorites; Isotopic Anomalies in Meteorites Dust in the Solar System ; Meteor Showers; Zodiacal Light and Gegenschein; Radiation Pressure and the Poynting–Robertson Effect Theories of the Origin and Evolution of the Solar System ; Coarse Structure of the Solar System; Distribution of Angular Momentum; Other Features of the Solar System; Laplace Nebula Theory; Jeans’ Tidal Theory; Solar Nebula Theory; Capture Theory; Ideas on the Evolution of the Solar System; Planetary Collision; Earth and Venus; Asteroids, Comets, Meteorites, and Dwarf Planets; Origin of the Moon; Mars and Mercury; Neptune, Triton, Pluto and Charon; Isotopic Anomalies in Meteorites; General Comments on a Planetary Collision Appendix A: Electromagnetic Radiation: Detecting Atoms, Ions, Molecules, and Radicals ; Appendix B: Basic Mineralogy ; Appendix C: Geochronology: Radioactive Dating ; Appendix D: Virial Theorem ; Appendix E: Jeans’ Critical Mass ; Appendix F: Free-Fall Collapse ; Appendix G: Evolution of Protostars ; Appendix H: Equilibrium of Stars on the Main Sequence ; Appendix I: Energy Production in Stars ; Appendix J: Evolution of Stars away from the Main Sequence; Appendix K: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes ; Appendix L: Exoplanets: Planets around Other Stars ; Appendix M: Solar System Studies to the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century ; Appendix N: Newton, Kepler’s Laws, and Solar-System Dynamics ; Appendix O: Formation of Commensurate Planetary Orbits ; Appendix P: Atmosphere of the Earth ; Appendix Q: Physics of Planetary Interiors ; Appendix R: Transfer of Heat ; Appendix S: Seismology: The Interior of the Earth ; Appendix T: Moments of Inertia ; Appendix U: Gravitational Field of a Distorted Planet ; Appendix V: Precession of the Earth’s Spin Axis ; Appendix W: Intrinsic Planetary Magnetism ; Appendix X: Magnetic Interactions between Planet and Star ; Appendix Y: Planetary Albedos ; Appendix Z: Physics of Tides ; Appendix AA: Darwin’s Theory of Lunar Origin ; Appendix AB: Roche Limit and Satellite Disruption ; Appendix AC: Tidal Heating of Io ; Appendix AD: Ram Pressure of a Gas Stream ; Appendix AE: Trojan Asteroids ; Appendix AF: Heating by Accretion ; Appendix AG: Perturbations of the Oort Cloud ; Appendix AH: Radiation Pressure and the Poynting–Robertson Effect; Appendix AI: Analyses Associated with the Jeans’ Tidal Theory ; Appendix AJ: Viscous-Disk Mechanism for the Transfer of Angular Momentum ; Appendix AK: Magnetic Braking of the Spinning Sun ; Appendix AL: Safronov Theory of Planet Formation ; Appendix AM: Eddington Accretion Mechanism ; Appendix AN: Life on Earth: And Elsewhere? ; Appendix AO: Global Warming ; Appendix AP: Migration of Planetary Orbits ; Appendix AQ: Interactions in an Embedded Cluster Program TIDE Program TROJANS Physical Constants and Useful Data References Index Problems appear at the end of each chapter.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxii, 575 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 523.4; Planets; Planetary science; Planetary science; Planets; Solar system; Solar system; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466563162; 1466563168
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-562) and index.
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