
Encyclopedia of the Solar System
Description
Key Features
- Winner of the 2015 PROSE Award in Cosmology & Astronomy from the Association of American Publishers
- Presents 700 full-color digital images and diagrams from current space missions and observatories, bringing to life the content and aiding in the understanding and retention of key concepts.
- Includes a substantial appendix containing data on planetary missions, fundamental data of relevance for planets and satellites, and a glossary, providing immediately accessible mission data for ease of use in conducting further research or for use in presentations and instruction.
- Contains an extensive bibliography, providing a guide for deeper studies into broader aspects of the field and serving as an excellent entry point for graduate students aiming to broaden their study of planetary science.
Readership
Scientists, teachers, interested laypeople, and students of planetary science, astronomy, astrophysics, planetary geology, meteorology, and atmospheric and magnetospheric sciences.
Table of Contents
Preface
ForewordI: The Solar System
1. The Solar System and its Place in the Galaxy
Paul Weissmann
2. The Origin of the Solar System
Alex Halliday and John Chambers
3. Solar System Dynamics: Regular and Chaotic Motion
Jack Lissauer and Carl MurrayII: Fundamental Planetary Processes and Properties
4. Planetary Impacts
Richard Grieve, Gordon Osinski and Leonardo Tornabene
5. Planetary Volcanism
Lionel Wilson
6. Magnetic Field Generation
Sabine Stanley
7. Planetary Magnetospheres
Margaret Kivelson and Fran Bagenal
8. Solar System Dynamics: Rotation of the Planets
Veronique Dehant
9. Evolution of Planetary Interiors
Nicola Tosi
10. Astrobiology
Chris McKay and Wanda DavisIII: The Sun
11. The Sun
Markus Aschwanden
12. The Solar Wind
John T. GoslingIV: Earthlike Planets
13. Mercury
Robert Strom, Scott Murchie, Ronald Vervack and Carolyn Ernst
14. Venus Atmosphere
Fred W. Taylor
15. Venus: Surface and Interior
Suzanne Smrekar and Ellen Stofan
16. Mars Atmosphere: History and Surface Interactions
David Catling
17. Mars: Surface and Interior
Michael Carr and Jim Bell
18. Mars Interior
Tim Van Hoolst
19. Mars: Landing Site Geology, Minerology, and Geochemistry
Matthew Golombeck and Harry McSweenV: Earth and Moon as Planets
20. Atmosphere and Oceans
Adam Showman and Timothy Dowling
21. Surface and Interior
David Pieri and Adam Dziewonski
22. Space Weather
Janet Luhman and Stanley C. Solomon
23. The Moon
Harald Hiesinger and Ralf Jaumann
24. Lunar Interior
Renee Weber
25. Lunar Exploration
Ian Crawford, Mahesh Anand and Katherine JoyVI: Asteroids and Comets
26. Main-Belt Asteroids
Daniel Britt and Guy Consolmagno
27. Near-Earth Objects
Alan William Harris and Line Drube
28. Meteorites
Michael Lipschutz and Ludolf Schultz
29. Solar System Dust
Eberhard Grün and Harald Krüger
30. Physics and Chemistry of the Comets
John Brandt
31. Comet Populations and Cometary Dynamics
Harold Levision and Luke DonesVII: Giant Planets and their Satellites
32. Atmospheres of the Giant Planets
Robert West
33. Interiors of the Giant Planets
Mark Marley and Jonathan Fortney
34. Planetary Satellites
Bonnie Buratti and Peter Thomas
35. Io: The Volcanic Moon
Rosaly M.C. Lopes
36. Europa
Louise Prockter and Robert T. Pappalardo
37. Ganymede and Callisto
Geoffrey Collins and Torrence Johnson
38. Titan
Athena Coustenis
39. Enceladus
Carolyn Porco and Francis Nimmo
40. Triton
William B. McKinnon and Randolph Kirk
41. Planetary Rings
Matthew S. Tiscareno and Matt HedmanVIII: Beyond the Planets
42. Pluto
43. Kuiper Belt: Dynamics
Alessandro Morbidelli and Harold Levision
44. Kuiper Belt Objects: Physical Studies
Steven Tegler
45. Extra Solar Planets
Michael EndlIX: Exploring the Solar System
46. Strategies of Modern Solar System Exploration
Berndt Feuerbacher and Bernhard Hufenbach
47. A History of Solar System Studies
Ulrich Koehler
48. X-Rays in the Solar System
Anil Bhardwaj and Carey Lisse
49. The Solar System at Ultraviolet Wavelenghts
Amanda Hendrix, Robert Nelson and Deborah Domingue
50. Infrared Views of the Solar System from Space
Mark Sykes
51. New Generation Ground-Based Optical/Infrared Telescopes
Alan Tokunaga and Robert Jedicke
52. The Solar System at Radio Wavelengths
Imke de Pater
53. Planetary Radar
Catherine Neish and Lynn Carter
54. Remote Chemical Sensing Using Nuclear Spectroscopy
Thomas H. Prettyman
55. Probing the Interiors of Planets with Geophysical Tools
William Bruce Banerdt, Suzanne Smrekar, Veronique Dehant, Philippe Lognonne and Matthias Grott
56. Planetary Exploration Missions
James Burke
57. Stereophotogrammetry
Jürgen Oberst, Klaus Gwinner and Frank Preusker
Mission Table
Tilman Spohn
Physical Constants
Tilman Spohn
Planetary Data
Tilman Spohn
List of Satellites
Tilman Spohn
Product details
- No. of pages: 1336
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2014
- Published: April 24, 2014
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780124160347
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780124158450
About the Editors
Tilman Spohn

Affiliations and Expertise
Doris Breuer

Affiliations and Expertise
Torrence Johnson

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Ratings and Reviews
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Jan R. Mon Nov 26 2018
Excellent
Very comprehensive overview of our solar system