The physics of the planets : their origin, evolution and structure

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The physics of the planets : their origin, evolution and structure

edited by S.K. Runcorn

U.M.I., c1988

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Originally published: Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c1988

"NATO advanced study institute ... held in School of Physics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 9-20th April 1985" -- P. opp. t.p

Includes bibliographies and indexes

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Description

This review volume is based on the NATO Advanced Study Institutes meeting of the same title and contains contributions from many of those who presented material at that meeting. A general overview of the whole area is given.

Table of Contents

  • STRUCTURE AND CONSTITUTION: Properties of Iron at the Earth's Core Conditions
  • Physics of Planets as Cold Bodies
  • Quasi-hydromagnetics and the Moon-solar Wind Interaction
  • PLANETARY DYNAMICS: The Dynamics of the Atmosphere of Venus
  • Atmospheric Dynamics of the Major Planets
  • Long-lived Baroclinic Eddies in Atmospheres and in the Laboratory
  • The Phase Diagram of Hydrogen with Other Elements, and Applications to Jovian Planet Interiors
  • Lunar Palaeomagnetism and Lunar Polar Wandering and the Existence of a Primeval Satellite System around the Moon
  • CELESTIAL MECHANICS: Some Recent Researches on the Age and Stability of the Solar System
  • Long Term Behaviour of Planetary Orbits: Theory and Numerical Experiments
  • ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM: Mantle and Atmospheric Evolution: The Heavy Rare Gas Evidence
  • Solid-Solid Collisions as a Mechanism of Accretion of Terrestrial Planets
  • Some Comments on the Early Conditions in the Solar System
  • Giant Comets and their Relevance to the Origin of the Solar System.

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