Planets and Moons - Treatise on Geophysics

Providing a review on the solid planets and the satellites, this volume addresses the interactions of solid surfaces and atmospheres as well as the roles of water and ice in shaping the surfaces of planetary bodies.

List of contents

10.01 Overview, Pages 1-26
10.02 Interior Structure, Composition, and Mineralogy of the Terrestrial Planets
10.03 Planetary Seismology
10.04 The Rotation of the Terrestrial Planets
10.05 Gravity and Topography of the Terrestrial Planets
10.06 Exogenic Dynamics, Cratering and Surface Ages
10.07 Planetary Magnetism
10.08 Planetary Dynamos
10.09 Dynamics and Thermal History of the Terrestrial Planets, the Moon, and Io
10.10 Solid Planet-Atmosphere Interactions
10.11 Water on the Terrestrial Planets
10.12 Geology, Life and Habitability
10.13 Giant Planets
10.14 The Origin of the Natural Satellites
10.15 Interiors and Evolution of Icy Satellites
10.16 Pluto, Charon, and the Kuiper Belt Objects
10.17 Mission Analysis Issues for Planetary Exploration Missions
10.18 Instrumentation for Planetary Exploration Missions

Product details

• Authors: Tilman Spohn
• Assisted by: Tilman Spohn (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.08.2009
• EAN: 9780444534651
• ISBN: 978-0-444-53465-1
• No. of pages: 656
• Series: Treatise on Geophysics; Treatise on Geophysics
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy