The new solar system

Author(s)

• Beatty, J. Kelly
• Chaikin, Andrew

Bibliographic Information

The new solar system

edited by J. Kelly Beatty, Andrew Chaikin ; introduction by Carl Sagan

Cambridge University Press , Sky Pub. Corp., 1990

3rd ed

• : hard
• : pbk.
• : Sky Pub. : pbk.

Note

Bibliography: p. [299]-304

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Knowledge of the solar system to the present day is summarized in this book which includes the story of the first decades of space exploration, told by some of the pioneers of the era. In this third edition every article has been rewritten to incorporate recent discoveries and developments.

Table of Contents

• The golden age of solar system exploration, N.W.Hinners
• the sun, R.W Noyes
• magnetospheres, cosmic rays and the interplanetary medium, J.A.Van Allen
• the moon, P.D.Spudis
• Mars, M.H.Carr
• planet Earth, D.L.Anderson
• surfaces of the terrestrial planets, J.W.Head, III
• atmospheres of the terrestrial planets, J.B.Pollack
• the Voyager encounters, B.A.Smith
• interiors of the giant planets, W.B.Hubbard
• atmospheres of the giant planets, A.P.Ingersoll
• planetary rings, J.A.Burns
• the Galilean satellites, T.V.Johnson
• Titan, T.Owen
• icy bodies of the outer solar system, D.P.Cruikshank and D.Morrison
• the Halley encounters, R.Reinhars
• comets, J.C.Brandt
• asteroids, C.R.Chapman
• meteorites, J.A.Wood
• small bodies and their origins, W.K.Hartmann
• the collision of solid bodies, E.W.Shoemaker and C.S.Shoemaker
• life in the new solar system?, G.A.Soffen
• putting it all together, J.S.Lewis.

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Details

• NCID: BA10995347
• ISBN:
  • 0521361621
  • 0521369657
  • 0933346557
  • 0933346565
• LCCN: 89038040
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge [England] ; New York,Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 326 p.
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QB501
  • DC20 : 523.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Solar system