Introduction to Planetary Science The Geological Perspective /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2007.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5544-7 |
Table of Contents:
- The Urge to Explore
- From Speculation to Understanding
- The Planets of the Solar System
- Life and Death of Stars
- Origin of the Solar System
- Earth: Model of Planetary Evolution
- The Clockwork of the Solar System
- Meteorites and Impact Craters
- The Earth-Moon System
- Mercury: Too Hot for Comfort
- Venus; Planetary Evolution Gone Bad
- Mars: The Little Planet that Could
- Asteroids: Shattered Worlds
- Jupiter: Heavy-Weight Champion
- Galilean Satellites: Jewels of the Solar System
- Saturn: The Beauty of Rings
- Titan: An Ancient World in Deep Freeze
- Uranus: What Happened Here?
- Neptune: More Surprises
- Pluto and Charon: The Odd Couple
- Ice Worlds at the Outer Limit
- Comets: Coming Inside from the Cold
- Earth: The Cradle of Humans
- Brown-Dwarf Stars and Extrasolar Planets.