Introduction to planetary science: the planetary science/ Gunter Faure and Teresa Mensing
Material type: TextPublication details: Netherland: Springer, 2007Description: 526 pISBN: 9781402052330Subject(s): Planets--Geology -- Astrogeology | Solar system -- MineralogyDDC classification: 551Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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1. The urge to explore
2. From speculation to understanding
3. The planets of the solar system
4. Life and death of stars
5. Origin of the solar system
6. The earth: model of planetary evolution
7. The clockwork of the solar system
8. Meteorites and impact craters
9. The Earth-Moon system
10. Mercury: too hot for comfort
11. Venus: planetary evolution gone bad
12. Mars: the little planet that could
13. Asteroids: shattered worlds
14. Jupiter: heavy-weight champion
15. Galilean satellites: jewels of the solar system
16. Saturn: the beauty of rings
17. Titan: an ancient world in deep freeze
18. Uranus: what happened here?
19. Neptune: more surprises
20. Pluto and Charon: the odd couple
21. Ice worlds at the outer limit
22. Comets: coming inside from the cold
23. Earth: the cradle of humans
24. Brown-dwarf stars and extrasolar planets
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