Solar system : between fire and ice

Author(s)

• Hockey, Thomas A.
• Bartlett, Jennifer Lynn
• Boice, Daniel C.

Bibliographic Information

Solar system : between fire and ice

Thomas Hockey, Jennifer Lynn Bartlett, and Daniel C. Boice

CRC Press, c2022

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

* Most up-to-date overview of planetary science, generously illustrated * Accessible prose with a unique perspective by professional astronomers active in planetary science research with extensive teaching experience and expertise in history of astronomy and classical astronomy * Detailed appendices that supplement the text including past, current, and future space missions

Table of Contents

1. Origin of Our Solar System. 2. Characterizing Planets. 3. Orbits. 4. Luna, our Moon. 5. Sun-scorched Mercury. 6. Hothouse Venus. 7. Terra, Our Earth. 8. Rusty Mars. 9. Small Bodies: Asteroids & Meteoroids. 10. Gas Giants: Jupiter and Saturn. 11. Ice Giants: Uranus & Neptune. 12. Satellites of Ice and Fire. 13. Small Bodies: Comets.14. From Kuiper Belt to Oort Cloud. 15. Sol, Our Sun. 16. Alien Worlds. 17. Future Exploration and Adventure in Our Solar System

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Details

• NCID: BD05795839
• ISBN:
  • 9780367768690
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boca Raton
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 331 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 523.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Outer space -- Exploration
  • LCSH : Solar system