Inner Solar System

Name: Inner Solar System | The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
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The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

Erik Gregersen(Herausgeber*in)

Britannica Educational Publishing

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Erschienen am 10. Januar 2009

246 Seiten

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BOOK COVER
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 COMPOSITION AND ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
ORBITS
PLANETS AND THEIR MOONS
THE INTERPLANETARY MEDIUM
ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
THE KANT-LAPLACE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
MODERN IDEAS
CHAPTER 2 THE SUN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
ENERGY GENERATION AND TRANSPORT
EVOLUTION
HELIOSEISMOLOGY
THE SOLAR ATMOSPHERE
THE CHROMOSPHERE
THE CORONA
SOLAR WIND
SOLAR ACTIVITY
SUNSPOTS
PROMINENCES
FLARES
SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL EFFECTS
HISTORY OF SOLAR OBSERVATIONS
CHAPTER 3 MERCURY
BASIC ASTRONOMICAL DATA
OBSERVATIONAL CHALLENGES
ORBITAL AND ROTATIONAL EFFECTS
MERCURY IN TESTS OF RELATIVITY
MARINER 10 AND MESSENGER
THE ATMOSPHERE
THE MAGNETIC FIELD AND MAGNETOSPHERE
CHARACTER OF THE SURFACE
PLAINS
SCARPS
SURFACE COMPOSITION
MERCURY'S FORMATION
LATER DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 4 VENUS
BASIC ASTRONOMICAL DATA
THE ATMOSPHERE
INTERACTION WITH THE SOLAR WIND
CHARACTER OF THE SURFACE
SURFACE COMPOSITION
SURFACE FEATURES
FEATURES DUE TO TECTONIC ACTIVITY
VOLCANIC FEATURES
IMPACT CRATERS
INTERIOR STRUCTURE AND GEOLOGIC EVOLUTION
OBSERVATIONS FROM EARTH
SPACECRAFT EXPLORATION
CHAPTER 5 EARTH
BASIC PLANETARY DATA
THE ATMOSPHERE
THE HYDROSPHERE
THE THE OUTER SHELL
THE INTERIOR
THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD AND MAGNETOSPHERE
DEVELOPMENT OF EARTH'S STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION
ACCRETION OF THE EARLY EARTH
EFFECTS OF PLANETESIMAL IMPACTS
PLANETARY DIFFERENTIATION
EARTH IMPACTS
OBJECTS THAT POSE A THREAT
FREQUENCY OF IMPACTS
NEO SEARCH PROGRAMS
DETERMINING THE HAZARD POTENTIAL OF AN NEO
DEFENDING EARTH FROM A COLLIDING OBJECT
CHAPTER 6 THE MOON
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EARTH-MOON SYSTEM
MOTIONS OF THE MOON
THE ATMOSPHERE
THE LUNAR SURFACE
EFFECTS OF IMPACTS AND VOLCANISM
SMALL-SCALE FEATURES
NOTABLE SURFACE FEATURES
LUNAR ROCKS AND SOIL
THE LUNAR INTERIOR
STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION
INTERNAL ACTIVITY OF THE PAST AND PRESENT
ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION
LUNAR EXPLORATION
EARLY STUDIES
EXPLORATION BY SPACECRAFT
LUNAR RESOURCES
CHAPTER 7 ECLIPSES
PHENOMENA OBSERVED DURING ECLIPSES
LUNAR ECLIPSE PHENOMENA
SOLAR ECLIPSE PHENOMENA
OCCULTATIONS
TRANSITS OF MERCURY AND VENUS
THE GEOMETRY OF ECLIPSES, OCCULTATIONS, AND TRANSITS
ECLIPSES OF THE SUN
ECLIPSES OF THE MOON
THE FREQUENCY OF SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES
CYCLES OF ECLIPSES
PREDICTION AND CALCULATION OF SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES
ECLIPSE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
SOLAR RESEARCH
LUNAR RESEARCH
ECLIPSES IN HISTORY
LITERARY AND HISTORICAL REFERENCES
USES OF ECLIPSES FOR CHRONOLOGICAL PURPOSES
USES OF ECLIPSES FOR ASTRONOMICAL PURPOSES
CHAPTER 8 MARS
BASIC ASTRONOMICAL DATA
EARLY TELESCOPIC OBSERVATIONS
MARS AS SEEN FROM EARTH
SURFACE FEATURES
POLAR REGIONS
TRANSIENT ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA
THE ATMOSPHERE
BASIC ATMOSPHERIC DATA
COMPOSITION AND SURFACE PRESSURE
ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE
METEOROLOGY AND ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS
CHARACTER OF THE SURFACE
SOUTHERN CRATERED HIGHLANDS
SPARSELY CRATERED PLAINS
SURFACE COMPOSITION
VALLEYS AND LAKES
OUTFLOW CHANNELS AND OCEANS
VALLES MARINERIS
THARSIS AND ELYSIUM
POLAR SEDIMENTS, GROUND ICE, AND GLACIERS
NOTABLE SURFACE FEATURES
THE INTERIOR
METEORITES FROM MARS
MARTIAN MOONS
PHOBOS
DEIMOS
SPACECRAFT EXPLORATION
THE QUESTION OF LIFE ON MARS
GLOSSARY
FOR FURTHER READING
INDEX
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