Outer Solar System

Name: Outer Solar System | Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the Dwarf Planets
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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the Dwarf Planets

Erik Gregersen(Herausgeber*in)

Britannica Educational Publishing

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Erschienen am 10. Januar 2009

252 Seiten

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BOOK COVER
TITLE
COPYRIGHT
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 ASTEROIDS
MAJOR MILESTONES IN ASTEROID RESEARCH
LATER ADVANCES IN ASTEROID STUDIES
GEOGRAPHY OF THE ASTEROID BELT
NAMES AND ORBITS OF ASTEROIDS
DISTRIBUTION AND KIRKWOOD GAPS
NEAR-EARTH ASTEROIDS
MAIN-BELT ASTEROID FAMILIES
HUNGARIAS AND OUTER-BELT ASTEROIDS
TROJAN ASTEROIDS
ASTEROIDS IN UNUSUAL ORBITS
MEASURING ASTEROIDS
SIZE AND ALBEDO
CLASSIFICATION OF ASTEROIDS
ROTATION AND SHAPE
MASS AND DENSITY
COMPOSITION
SPACECRAFT EXPLORATION
ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE ASTEROIDS
NOTABLE ASTEROIDS
CERES
EROS
ICARUS
PALLAS
VESTA
CHAPTER 2 METEORS AND METEORITES
BASIC FEATURES OF METEORS
METEOR SHOWERS
METEORITES: SURVIVING ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY
MEASUREMENT OF METEOROID ORBITS
RESERVOIRS OF METEOROIDS IN SPACE
DIRECTING METEOROIDS TO EARTH
METEORITES
RECOVERY OF METEORITES
TYPES OF METEORITES
ASSOCIATION OF METEORITES WITH ASTEROIDS
THE AGES OF METEORITES AND THEIR COMPONENTS
COSMIC-RAY EXPOSURE AGES OF METEORITES
METEORITES AND THE FORMATION OF THE EARLY SOLAR SYSTEM
METEORITE CRATERS
THE IMPACT-CRATERING PROCESS
VARIATIONS IN CRATERS ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM
METEORITE CRATERS AS MEASURES OF GEOLOGIC ACTIVITY
NOTABLE METEORITES
ALLENDE METEORITE
ENSISHEIM METEORITE
MURCHISON METEORITE
ORGUEIL METEORITE
CHAPTER 3 JUPITER
BASIC ASTRONOMICAL DATA
THE ATMOSPHERE
CLOUD COMPOSITION
ATMOSPHERIC CHARACTERISTICS
THE MAGNETIC FIELD AND MAGNETOSPHERE
THE AURORAS
THE INTERIOR
JUPITER'S MOONS AND RING
THE GALILEAN SATELLITES
OTHER SATELLITES
THE RING
ORIGIN OF THE JOVIAN SYSTEM
EARLY HISTORY OF JUPITER
EARLY HISTORY OF THE SATELLITES
CHAPTER 4 SATURN
BASIC ASTRONOMICAL DATA
THE ATMOSPHERE
THE MAGNETIC FIELD AND MAGNETOSPHERE
THE INTERIOR
SATURN'S RINGS AND MOONS
THE RING SYSTEM
MOONS
OBSERVATIONS OF SATURN FROM EARTH
SPACECRAFT EXPLORATION
CHAPTER 5 URANUS
BASIC ASTRONOMICAL DATA
THE ATMOSPHERE
THE MAGNETIC FIELD AND MAGNETOSPHERE
THE INTERIOR
URANUS'S MOONS AND RINGS
MOONS
THE RING SYSTEM
THE DISCOVERY OF URANUS
SPACECRAFT EXPLORATION
CHAPTER 6 NEPTUNE
BASIC ASTRONOMICAL DATA
THE ATMOSPHERE
THE MAGNETIC FIELD AND MAGNETOSPHERE
INTERIOR STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION
NEPTUNE'S AND RINGS
MOONS
THE RING SYSTEM
NEPTUNE'S DISCOVERY
LATER OBSERVATIONS FROM EARTH
SPACECRAFT EXPLORATION
CHAPTER 7 PLUTO, THE KUIPER BELT, AND BEYOND
BASIC ASTRONOMICAL DATA
THE ATMOSPHERE
THE SURFACE AND INTERIOR
PLUTO'S MOONS
DISCOVERY OF PLUTO AND ITS MOONS
THE KUIPER BELT
ORIGIN OF PLUTO AND ITS MOONS
THE OORT CLOUD
THE HELIOPAUSE
CHAPTER 8 COMETS
BASIC FEATURES
DESIGNATIONS
EARLY OBSERVATIONS
HALLEY AND HIS COMET
MODERN COMETARY RESEARCH
TYPES OF ORBITS
IDENTIFYING COMETS AND DETERMINING THEIR ORBITS
PERIODIC COMETS
GROUPS OF COMETS AND OTHER UNUSUAL COMETARY OBJECTS
THE COMETARY NUCLEUS
THE GASEOUS COMA
COMETARY TAILS
COMETARY MODELS
ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF COMETS
COMETARY FORMATION AND THE OORT CLOUD
POSSIBLE PRE-SOLAR-SYSTEM ORIGIN OF COMETS
NOTABLE COMETS
COMET AREND-ROLAND
BIELA'S COMET
CHIRON
ENCKE'S COMET
COMET HALE-BOPP
HALLEY'S COMET
COMET HYAKUTAKE
COMET IKEYA-SEKI
COMET MOREHOUSE
COMET SCHWASSMANN - WACHMANN 1
APPENDIX A: MOONS OF JUPITER
APPENDIX B: MOONS OF SATURN
APPENDIX C: MOONS OF URANUS
APPENDIX D: MOONS OF NEPTUNE
APPENDIX E: NOTABLE KUIPER BELT OBJECTS
ERIS
HAUMEA
MAKEMAKE
SENDA
GLOSSARY
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INDEX
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