Solar and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems Lectures Held at the Astrophysics School XI Organized by the European Astrophysics Doctoral Network (EADN) in The Burren, Ballyvaughn, Ireland, 7-18 September 1998 /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Williams, I.P (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Thomas, N. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2001.
• Σειρά: Lecture Notes in Physics, 577
• Θέματα: Space sciences.; Geophysics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Astrobiology.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Both the high level of activity in worldwide space exploration programmes and the discovery of extra-solar planets have spurred renewed interest in the physics and evolution dynamics of solar systems. The present book has grown out of a set of lectures by leading experts in the field within the fram...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• - Solar and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems
• The Solar System: An Overview
• Setting the Scene: A Star Formation Perspective
• Extrasolar Planets: A Review of Current Observations and Theory
• The Giant Planets
• The Formation of Planets
• Dynamics of the Solar System
• Photometry of Resolved Planetary Surfaces
• Mercury - Goals for a Future Mission
• Physical Processes Associated with Planetary Satellites
• Light Scattering in the Martian Atmosphere: Effects on Surface Photometry
• The Small Bodies of the Solar System
• Dust in the Solar System and in Other Planetary Systems
• Meteors, Meteor Showers and Meteoroid Streams.