Solar System Astrophysics Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System /

• Main Authors: Milone, Eugene F. (Author), Wilson, William J.F (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

The second edition of Solar System Astrophysics: Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System provides a timely update of our knowledge of planetary atmospheres and the bodies of the outer solar system and their analogs in other planetary systems. This volume begins with an expanded treatment of...

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 Planetary Systems
• Extra-solar Planetary Systems.