Research Catalog

Title

Planetary sciences / Imke de Pater and Jack J. Lissauer.

Author

De Pater, Imke, 1952-

Publication

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

Lissauer, Jack Jonathan.

Description

xvi, 647 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

• "An authoritative introduction for graduate students in the physical sciences, this textbook explains the wide variety of physical, chemical, and geological processes that govern the motions and properties of planets. The second edition of this awarding-winning textbook has been substantially updated and improved. It now contains a reorganized discussion of small bodies, including a detailed description of the Kuiper belt and asteroid belt; a significantly expanded chapter on extrasolar planets and what they tell us about planetary systems; and appendixes providing a glossary of acronyms, tables of key spacecraft, a summary of observing techniques, and a sampling of very recent images. With over 300 exercises to help students apply the concepts covered, this textbook is ideal for courses in astronomy, planetary science and earth science, and well suited as a reference for researchers. Color versions of many figures and movie clips supplementing the text are available at www.cambridge.org/9780521853712"--Provided by publisher.
• "An authoritative introduction for graduate students in the physical sciences, this textbook explains the wide variety of physical, chemical, and geological processes that govern the motions and properties of planets. The second edition of this awarding-winning textbook has been substantially updated and improved. It now contains a reorganized discussion of small bodies, including a detailed description of the Kuiper belt and asteroid belt; a significantly expanded chapter on extrasolar planets and what they tell us about planetary systems; and appendixes providing a glossary of acronyms, tables of key spacecrafts, a summary of observing techniques, and a sampling of very recent images. With over 300 exercises to help students apply the concepts covered, this textbook is ideal for courses in astronomy, planetary science and earth science, and well suited as a reference for researchers"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

• Planets
• Planets > Formation
• Planets > Atmospheres
• Planetology
• Sonnensystem > 0 Gesamtdarstellung
• Planet > 0 Gesamtdarstellung
• Planetary science
• 39.53 planets

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Dynamics; 3. Solar heating and energy transport; 4. Planetary atmospheres; 5. Planetary surfaces; 6. Planetary interiors; 7. Magnetic fields and plasmas; 8. Meteorites; 9. Minor planets; 10. Comets; 11. Planetary rings; 12. Extrasolar planets; 13. Planet formation; Appendices; References; Index.

ISBN

• 9780521853712
• 0521853710

LCCN

2010000703

OCLC

• ocn437299197
• 437299197
• SCSB-1563240

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library