The Solar System 1

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Telluric and Giant Planets

Therese Encrenaz James Lequeux(Herausgeber*in)

Wiley (Verlag)

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Erschienen am 19. November 2021

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Cover
Half-Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
1. General Presentation of the Solar System
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Mechanics and dynamics of the Solar System1
1.2.1. Newton's law of gravitation
1.2.2. Kepler's laws r
1.2.3. Mean motion resonances
1.2.4. The N-body problem
1.2.5. The role of collisions
1.2.6. Migrations in the Solar System
1.2.7. The role of gravity in a solid body
1.2.8. Special configurations of the Sun-Earth-Moon system
1.3. Physics of the Solar System
1.3.1. Equilibrium temperature of an object in the Solar System
1.3.2. Planets
1.3.3. Satellites
1.3.4. Small bodies of the Solar System
1.3.5. The interplanetary medium2
1.4. References
2 Solar and Planetary Systems
2.1. The Sun in the Galaxy
2.2. Planetary systems in the Galaxy
2.3. Interstellar matter¹
2.3.1. History
2.3.2. Chemical composition
2.3.3. Physical properties
2.4. The formation of stars with masses close to that of the Sun
2.5. Circumstellar disks
2.6. Formation of planetesimals and planetoids
2.7. The environment of the Solar System at its birth
2.8. Detection and properties of exoplanets and their systems
2.8.1. First attempts
2.8.2. The unexpected discovery of planets around a pulsar
2.8.3. Exoplanet detection methods
2.8.4. Some statistical results
2.8.5. The diversity of exoplanets
2.8.6. Exoplanet atmospheres
2.8.7. Habitable planets
2.8.8. Some extrasolar planetary systems
2.9. References
3 The Interaction of Solar System Bodies with the Interplanetary Medium¹
3.1. Interplanetary plasma: origin and properties of the solar wind
3.1.1. Coronal expansion
3.1.2. The structure of the heliosphere in the ecliptic plane
3.1.3. The three-dimensional structure of the heliosphere
3.1.4. Transient structures of the solar wind
3.1.5. The boundaries of the heliosphere
3.2. Planetary envelopes
3.2.1. Upper planetary atmospheres
3.2.2. Planetary magnetic fields
3.3. The solar wind's interaction with objects of the Solar System
3.3.1. The different types of interaction
3.3.2. The case of non-magnetized gaseous envelopes
3.3.3. The case of magnetized planets
3.3.4. Planetary auroral processes
3.4. Acknowledgements
3.5. References
4 Telluric Planets
4.1. The exploration of the telluric planets
4.1.1. From antiquity to the space age
4.1.2. The beginning of the space age
4.1.3. The return to Mars
4.1.4. The return to Venus
4.1.5. Observations from the ground
4.1.6. The exploration of planet Earth
4.1.7. Global Climatic Models
4.1.8. The electromagnetic spectrum of telluric planets
4.2. Objects without an atmosphere: Mercury, the Moon¹
4.2.1. Orbital parameters and macroscopic characteristics
4.2.2. Exospheres
4.2.3. Internal structure
4.2.4. The surfaces of Mercury and the Moon
4.2.5. The origin of Mercury and the Moon
4.2.6. Mercury's magnetosphere
4.3. Objects with an atmosphere (Venus, Earth, Mars)
4.3.1. The interior and the magnetic field²
4.3.2. The surface³
4.3.3. The atmosphere
4.3.4. The satellites of Mars
4.4. References
5 Giant Planets
5.1. The exploration of giant planets
5.1.1. From Antiquity to the Space Age
5.1.2. Space exploration
5.1.3. Exploration from Earth and the terrestrial environment
5.1.4. The electromagnetic spectrum of giant planets
5.2. The atmosphere of giant planets
5.2.1. Atmospheric composition
5.2.2. Elemental and isotopic abundance ratios
5.2.3. Thermal structure
5.2.4. Atmospheric circulation and cloud structure
5.2.5. High atmosphere and photochemistry
5.3. The internal structure of giant planets
5.3.1. Experimental data
5.3.2. The construction of internal energy models
5.3.3. The results
5.4. The magnetospheres of the giant planets
5.4.1. Jupiter's giant magnetosphere
5.4.2. Saturn's symmetrical magnetosphere
5.4.3. The asymmetric magnetospheres of Uranus and Neptune
5.5. References
Appendix Web links
Glossary
List of Authors
Index
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