The Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems
Cambridge University Press
Published on 29. June 1989
Book
Hardback
356 pages
978-0-521-36633-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Spring 1988 workshop at the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, reviewed the rapid progress now being made on our understanding of how planetary systems form. This volume reviews our present knowledge, summarizes outstanding problems and provides a focus for future theoretical work.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
830 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-36633-5 (9780521366335)
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Content
1. The formation of the solar system: consensus, alternatives and missing factors G. W. WETHERILL 2. The evolution of protostellar disks R. B. LARSON 3. On the relationship between early solar activity and the evolution of terrestrial planet atmospheres R. O. PEPIN 4. Implications of the giant planets for the formation and evolution of planetary systems D. J. STEVENSON 5. Constraints on the properties and environment of primitive stellar nebulae from the astrophysical record provided by young stellar objects S. E. STROM, S. EDWARDS and K. M. STROM 6. Molecular disks and their link to planetary systems A. I. SARGENT 7. The physics of planetesimal formation S. J. WEIDENSCHILLING, B. DONN and P. MEAKIN 8. Circumstellar material around nearby stars: clues to the formation of planetary systems C. A. NORMAN and F. PARESCE 9. Solar nebula chemistry: implications for volatiles in the solar system B. FEGLEY, JR. and R. G. PRINN 10. Primitive bodies: molecular abundances in comet Halley as probes of cometary formation environments J. I. LUNINE 11. The impact of stellar evolution on planetary system development P. BODENHEIMER 12. Major issues in planetary system formation C. A. NORMAN ET AL 13. Instrumentation for the study of planetary systems H. W. MOOS ET AL