The solar system.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Encrenaz, Thérèse, 1946-

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Astronomy and astrophysics library

Standardized Title:

Système solaire. English.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Planetary science.

Solar system.

Physical Description:

xii, 512 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Third edition / [T. Encrenaz ... [and others] ; translated by S. Dunlop.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2003]

Summary:

This text treats our knowledge of the solar system from an astrophysical point of view. Part 1 deals with the formation of the solar system and its interaction with the interplanetary medium. Part 2 presents its various objects: planets and satellites, asteroids, comets, trans-neptunian objects and interplanetary dust. The final sections on extrasolar planetary systems and on the search for life in the Universe round off an introduction to a field that has grown dramatically following the space missions of the last twenty years. Over the last decade many exciting observations have helped to reshape our understanding of the solar system and planetary science. In the third corrected and revised edition of this classic on the astrophysics of our solar system, students and lecturers in astronomy and planetary science as well as planet observers will find a mine of up-to-date information.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Solar system / T. Encrenaz, J.-P. Bibring, with the participation of M. Blanc ; translated by S. Dunlop. 2nd corr. and rev. ed. 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [497]-501) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Related Work:

Encrenaz, Thérèse, 1946- Système solaire. English. 1995.

ISBN:

3540002413

OCLC:

52058419