Solar System Astrophysics Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System /

• Main Authors: Milone, Eugene F. (Author), Wilson, Willam J.F (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Planetology.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Earth Sciences.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

Solar System Astrophysics opens with coverage of the atmospheres, ionospheres and magnetospheres of the Earth, Venus and Mars and the magnetosphere of Mercury. The book then provides an introduction to meteorology and treating the physics and chemistry of these areas in considerable detail. What fol...

Table of Contents:

• Planetary Atmospheres
• Planetary Ionospheres and Magnetospheres
• The Giant Planets
• Satellite and Ring Systems
• Comets and Meteors
• Meteorites, Asteroids and the Age and Origin of the Solar System
• Extra-Solar Planetary Systems.