The Physics of the Planets
Their Origin, Evolution and Structure
Stanley K. Runcorn(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 17. February 1988
Book
Hardback
468 pages
978-0-471-91621-5 (ISBN)
Description
This review volume is based on the NATO Advanced Study Institutes meeting of the same title and contains contributions from many of those who presented material at that meeting. A general overview of the whole area is given.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
850 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-91621-5 (9780471916215)
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Content
STRUCTURE AND CONSTITUTION: Properties of Iron at the Earth's Core Conditions; Physics of Planets as Cold Bodies; Quasi-hydromagnetics and the Moon-solar Wind Interaction; PLANETARY DYNAMICS: The Dynamics of the Atmosphere of Venus; Atmospheric Dynamics of the Major Planets; Long-lived Baroclinic Eddies in Atmospheres and in the Laboratory; The Phase Diagram of Hydrogen with Other Elements, and Applications to Jovian Planet Interiors; Lunar Palaeomagnetism and Lunar Polar Wandering and the Existence of a Primeval Satellite System around the Moon; CELESTIAL MECHANICS: Some Recent Researches on the Age and Stability of the Solar System; Long Term Behaviour of Planetary Orbits: Theory and Numerical Experiments; ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM: Mantle and Atmospheric Evolution: The Heavy Rare Gas Evidence; Solid-Solid Collisions as a Mechanism of Accretion of Terrestrial Planets; Some Comments on the Early Conditions in the Solar System; Giant Comets and their Relevance to the Origin of the Solar System.