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Solar System Astrophysics
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Background Science and the Inner Solar System & Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System
出版Springer New York, 2008-09-06
主題Science / Physics / AstrophysicsScience / AstronomyScience / Earth Sciences / Geology
ISBN03877315399780387731537
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xIisDAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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This exhaustive work covers solar system astrophysics beginning with basic tools of spherical astronomy, and celestial mechanics. Coverage includes the Earth-Moon system and the interior planets; rocks and minerals, including crystallography; atmospheres, with detailed discussions of circulation, applicable also to discussion of the gas giants. The three giant planets are discussed together. This is followed by chapters on moons and rings, comets and meteors, meteorites and asteroids, and a discussion of extrasolar planets. The material is updated to incorporate the latest discoveries of the Mars Rover and the Saturn Cassini missions.