Introduction to Planetary Science The Geological Perspective /
This textbook is intended to be used in a lecture course for college students majoring in the Earth Sciences. Planetary Science provides an opportunity for these students to apply a wide range of subject matter pertaining to the Earth to the study of other planets of the solar system and their princ...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2007.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 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.
