Interiors of the Planets

Klappentext In this book Alan Cook explains how the mechanical properties of the planets are determined. Zusammenfassung In this book Alan Cook explains how the mechanical properties of the planets are determined! how planetary materials behave at high pressure! and how celestial mechanics and the quantum physics of highly condensed matter may be combined to determine the general constitution of the planets. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The internal structure of the Earth; 3. Methods for the determination of the dynamical properties of planets; 4. Equations of state of terrestrial materials; 5. The Moon; 6. Mars, Venus and Mercury; 7. High pressure metals; 8. Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus and Neptune; 9. Departures from the hydrostatic state; 10. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: A. H. Cook, A.H. Cook
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521106016
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10601-6
• No. of pages: 364
• Series: Cambridge Planetary Science Ol
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy