Author: Committee on Planetary and Lunar ExplorationSpace
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: planetary, extrasolar, materials, systems, strategy, study, detection
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1990-01-01
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0309041937
ISBN-13: 9780309041935

This volume addresses a new opportunity in the planetary sciences - to extend our exploration outward to discover and study planetary systems that may have formed or are forming around other stars. It concludes that a coordinated program of astronomical observation, laboratory research, theoretical development, and understanding of the dynamics and origins of whatever may be found would be a technologically feasible and potentially richly rewarding extension of the study of bodies within the solar system.

Author: Larry W. Esposito
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: planetary, science, rings, cambridge
Number of Pages: 214
Published: 2006-07-24
List price: $147.99
ISBN-10: 0521362229
ISBN-13: 9780521362221

Including results from the Cassini space mission to Saturn, this summary of current knowledge of planetary rings covers all aspects of the subject with particular emphasis on ring history and evolution. Basic physical processes and simple mathematical approaches are supported by many images and diagrams that display the spectacular phenomena seen in these fascinating structures. Highlighted topics include Saturn’s F ring, Neptune’s rings, Jupiter’s rings, stochastic models, ring age and evolution, and Cassini results. The text is supported by a glossary of terms and an extens

Authors:Ronald Greeley, Raymond M. Batso,
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: planetary, old, science, cambridge, mapping
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2007-02-26
List price: $58.00
ISBN-10: 052103373X
ISBN-13: 9780521033732

Planetary Mapping describes the history and process of mapping planets and satellites beyond the Earth. Mapping planetary bodies is a unique process much different from ordinary terrestrial cartography. The book begins with an introduction to the differences between terrestrial and planetary mapping and continues with a general discussion of the history of planetary mapping. The fundamentals of cartographic techniques are described in detail, and appendixes on map formats and projects, halftone processes for planetary maps, and available mission data are also included. The general language use

Authors:Thomas R. Watters, Richard A. Schultz,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: planetary, science, tectonics, cambridge
Number of Pages: 530
Published: 2010-01-29
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0521765730
ISBN-13: 9780521765732

This book describes the tectonic landforms resulting from major internal and external forces acting on the outer layers of solid bodies throughout the Solar System. It presents a detailed survey of tectonic structures at a range of length scales found on Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, the outer planet satellites, and asteroids. A diverse range of models for the sources of tectonic stresses acting on silicate and icy crusts is outlined, comparing processes acting throughout the Solar System. Rheological and mechanical properties of planetary crusts and lithospheres are discussed to understand

Author: Committee on the Review of Planetary Protection Re
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: sample, return, missions, mars, requirements, planetary, protection, assessment
Number of Pages: 90
Published: 2009-05-13
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0309130735
ISBN-13: 9780309130738

Book DescriptionNASA maintains a planetary protection policy to avoid the forward biological contamination of other worlds by terrestrial organisms, and back biological contamination of Earth from the return of extraterrestrial materials by spaceflight missions. Forward-contamination issues related to Mars missions were addressed in a 2006 National Research Council (NRC) book, Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars. However, it has been more than 10 years since back-contamination issues were last examined. Driven by a renewed interest in Mars sample return missions, this book reviews,

Authors:Siegfried Bauer, Helmut Lammer,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: planetary, environments, earth, space, physics, systems, aeronomy, atmosphere
Number of Pages: 207
Published: 2004-08-17
List price: $179.00
ISBN-10: 3540214720
ISBN-13: 9783540214724

Planetary Aeronomy is a modern and concise introduction to the underlying physical and chemical processes that govern the formation and evolution of the upper atmospheres of planets. The general approach employed permits consideration of the growing number of extrasolar planets, the detailed observation of which will become possible over the next decades. The book explains the physics behind many atmospheric processes, which are relevant for the evolution of planetary atmospheres and their water inventories, and also contains useful scaling laws and analytical expressions that can be applied t

Authors:M. Lopez-Puertas, F. W. Taylor, M. Lopez Puertas,
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Keywords: planetary, physics, atmospheric, series, lte, vol, oceanic, radiative, ocean, non, transfer, atmosphere
Number of Pages: 450
Published: 2002-06-15
List price: $141.00
ISBN-10: 9810245661
ISBN-13: 9789810245665

During the last three decades, it has become increasingly clear that atmospheric modelling and remote sounding of the atmosphere from space, to name just two important application areas, are affected by non-equilibrium processes which have not been incorporated into traditional radiative transfer calculations. These processes, dubbed "non-LTE", are therefore the subject of growing interest among scholars and researchers dealing with the upper atmosphere. This book provides a comprehensive and "global" description of non-LTE infrared emissions in the atmosphere of the Earth and other planets, s