Solar and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems Lectures Held at the Astrophysics School XI Organized by the European Astrophysics Doctoral Network (EADN) in The Burren, Ballyvaughn, Ireland, 7–18 September 1998
Both the high level of activity in worldwide space exploration programmes and the discovery of extra-solar planets have spurred renewed interest in the physics and evolution dynamics of solar systems. The present book has grown out of a set of lectures by leading experts in the field within the fram...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2001, 2001
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2001 |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Physics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- — Solar and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems
- The Solar System: An Overview
- Setting the Scene: A Star Formation Perspective
- Extrasolar Planets: A Review of Current Observations and Theory
- The Giant Planets
- The Formation of Planets
- Dynamics of the Solar System
- Photometry of Resolved Planetary Surfaces
- Mercury — Goals for a Future Mission
- Physical Processes Associated with Planetary Satellites
- Light Scattering in the Martian Atmosphere: Effects on Surface Photometry
- The Small Bodies of the Solar System
- Dust in the Solar System and in Other Planetary Systems
- Meteors, Meteor Showers and Meteoroid Streams