The Solar System [E-Book] / by Thérèse Encrenaz, Jean-Pierre Bibring.
Since the first edition of this book appeared in 1990, planetology has seen a number of fascinating discoveries that have increased our knowledge of the Solar System. These have come from both ground- and space-based observa tional programmes. Although some space probe missions have ended in fail...
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Personal Name(s): | Encrenaz, Thérèse, author |
Bibring, Jean-Pierre, author | |
Edition: |
2nd, Corrected and Revised Edition. |
Imprint: |
Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer,
1995
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Physical Description: |
XVIII, 349 p. 101 illus. online resource. |
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englisch |
ISBN: |
9783662031643 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-662-03164-3 |
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Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
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- 1. General Features of the Solar System
- 2. Methods of Studying the Solar System
- 3. The Formation of the Solar System
- 4. The Interaction of Solar-System Bodies with the Interplanetary Medium (by Michel Blanc)
- 5. The Inner Planets and Their Satellites
- 6. The Asteroids (or “Minor Planets”)
- 7. The Giant Planets
- 8. Bodies Without Atmospheres in the Outer Solar System
- 9. Satellites with Atmospheres
- 10. The Comets
- 11. Interplanetary Dust, Micrometeorites and Meteorites
- 12. Conclusions
- Appendix 1. Mobility and Conductivity of Ionospheric Plasma
- A1.1 Transport Equations for Ionospheric Ions and Electrons
- A1.2 Mobility and Conductivity Perpendicular to the Magnetic Field
- A1.3 Mobility and Conductivity Parallel to the Magnetic Field
- A1.4 The Ionospheric Ohm’s Law
- A1.5 Ambipolar Diffusion of the Plasma Across the Neutral Atmosphere
- Appendix 2. Local Equations for the Magnetic Equilibrium of a Magnetopause
- A2.1 The MHD Field and Mass-conservation Equations
- A2.2 The Equations Describing the Jump in Momentum at a Discontinuity Surface
- A2.3 Application to the Magnetopause: Confinement of Earth’s Magnetic Field by the Dynamic Pressure of the Solar Wind.