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| Author | : D. Jewitt |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 267 |
| Release | : 2007-11-13 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 354071958X |
The study of the Solar system, particularly of its newly discovered outer parts, is one of the hottest topics in modern astrophysics with great potential for revealing fundamental clues about the origin of planets and even the emergence of life. The three lecturers of the 35th Saas-Fee Advanced Course, which have been updated and collected in this volume, cover the field from observational, theoretical and numerical perspectives.
| Author | : Dina Prialnik |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 480 |
| Release | : 2019-11-28 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0128175257 |
The Trans-Neptunian Solar System is a timely reference highlighting the state-of-the-art in current knowledge on the outer solar system. It not only explores the individual objects being discovered there, but also their relationships with other Solar System objects and their roles in the formation and evolution of the Solar System and other planets. Integrating important findings from recent missions, such as New Horizons and Rosetta, the book covers the physical properties of the bodies in the Trans-Neptunian Region, including Pluto and other large members of the Kuiper Belt, as well as dynamical indicators for Planet 9 and related objects and future prospects. Offering a complete look at exploration and findings in the Kuiper Belt and the rest of the outer solar system beyond Neptune, this book is an important resource to bring planetary scientists, space scientists and astrophysicists up-to-date on the latest research and current understandings. - Provides the most up-to-date information on the exploration of the Trans-Neptunian Solar System and what it means for the future of outer solar system research - Contains clear sections that provide comprehensive coverage on the most important facets of the outer Solar System - Includes four-color images and data from important missions, including New Horizons and Rosetta - Concludes with suggestions and insights on the future of research on Trans-Neptunian objects
| Author | : M. Antonietta Barucci |
| Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
| Total Pages | : 644 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780816527557 |
A new frontier in our solar system opened with the discovery of the Kuiper Belt and the extensive population of icy bodies orbiting beyond Neptune. Today the study of all of these bodies, collectively referred to as trans-Neptunian objects, reveals them to be frozen time capsules from the earliest epochs of solar system formation. This new volume in the Space Science Series, with one hundred contributing authors, offers the most detailed and up-to-date picture of our solar systemÕs farthest frontier. Our understanding of trans-Neptunian objects is rapidly evolving and currently constitutes one of the most active research fields in planetary sciences. The Solar System Beyond Neptune brings the reader to the forefront of our current understanding and points the way to further advancement in the field, making it an indispensable resource for researchers and students in planetary science.
| Author | : Michael Moltenbrey |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 275 |
| Release | : 2015-10-24 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 3319230034 |
This book gives a detailed introduction to the thousands and thousands of smaller bodies in the solar system. Written for interested laymen, amateur astronomers and students it describes the nature and origin of asteroids, dwarf planets and comets, and gives detailed information about their role in the solar system. The author nicely reviews the history of small-world-exploration and describes past, current and future space craft missions studying small worlds, and presents their results. Readers will learn that small solar system worlds have a dramatically different nature and appearance than the planets. Even though research activity on small worlds has increased in the recent past many of their properties are still in the dark and need further research.
| Author | : Steven Soter |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 253 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9781565846029 |
Leading scientists offer a collection of essays that furnish illuminating explanations of recent discoveries in modern astrophysics--from the Big Bang to black holes--the possibility of life on other worlds, and the emerging technologies that make such research possible, accompanied by incisive profiles of such key figures as Carl Sagan and Georges Lemaetre. Original.
| Author | : Linda T. Elkins-Tanton |
| Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1438131860 |
Praise for the previous edition:" ... offer[s] detail-rich discussions ..."
| Author | : Julio A. Fernandez |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 386 |
| Release | : 2005-11-13 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1402034954 |
Comets are small bodies, but of great cosmic relevance. Given its pristine nature, they may preserve valuable and unique information on thechemical and physical processes that took place in theearly solar system, and that may be occurring in the formation of other planetary systems. They might have even played a very important role in the origin of life on Earth. Beyond that, since ancient times comets have inspired awe, superstition, and also curiosity anddebate. Their sudden apparitions challenged the long-held view of the immutability of the heavens, which triggered a long debate on whether comets had a heavenly or terrestrial nature. Therefore, comets have a prominent role in the history of scienti?cthought, that goes back to the most ancient civilizations. The last apparition of comet Halley in 1986 was a landmark since it arouse a great expectation in the scienti?c community and in the public at large. For the ?rst time, a ?otilla of spacecrafts visited a comet. Agreat number of popular and technical books were written on Halley, and comets in general, around the mid-eighties. The interest in comets never subsided after Halley’s passage which is re?ected in the large volume of printed material on these bodies. I have taken the challenge to write a new book on comets that summarizes most of the recent advances on thesubject, including my own workdeveloped during the last 25 years.
| Author | : S. Alan Stern |
| Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
| Total Pages | : 684 |
| Release | : 2021-08-10 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0816540942 |
Once perceived as distant, cold, dark, and seemingly unknowable, Pluto had long been marked as the farthest and most unreachable frontier for solar system exploration. The Pluto System After New Horizons is the benchmark research compendium for synthesizing our understanding of the Pluto system. This volume reviews the work of researchers who have spent the last five years assimilating the data returned from New Horizons and the first full scientific synthesis of this fascinating system.
| Author | : K. Altwegg |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 407 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9401142114 |
Comet nuclei are the most primitive bodies in the solar system. They have been created far away from the early Sun and their material properties have been altered the least since their formation. Thus, the composition and structure of comet nuclei provide the best information about the chemical and thermodynamic conditions in the nebula from which our solar system formed. In this volume, cometary experts review a broad spectrum of ideas and conclusions based on in situ measurement of Comet Halley and remote sensing observations of the recent bright Comets Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake. The chemical character of comet nuclei suggests many close similarities with the composition of interstellar clouds. It also suggests material mixing from the inner solar nebula and challenges the importance of the accretion shock in the outer nebula. The book is intended to serve as a guide for researchers and graduate students working in the field of planetology and solar system exploration. Several special indexes focus the reader's attention to detailed results and discussions. It concludes with recommendations for laboratory investigations and for advanced modeling of comets, the solar nebula, and the collapse of interstellar clouds.
| Author | : Steve Kortenkamp |
| Publisher | : Capstone |
| Total Pages | : 18 |
| Release | : 2011-07 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1429664940 |
"Describes asteroids, comets, and meteoroids, including what they are and how scientists research them"--
