Understanding the New Solar System,9780446679534

Understanding the New Solar System

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780446679534
ISBN10: 0446679534
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-12-01
Publisher(s): Grand Central Pub
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Summary

This volume reveals the latest knowledge of the composition and nature of our solar family. Here you'll discover what lies beyond the orbit of Pluto, which solar body is the most volcanically active, and which solar system bodies have atmospheres and may harbour primitive life.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
David H. Levy
Introduction 1(4)
Sandy Fritz
SOHO Reveals the Secrets of the Sun
5(14)
Kenneth R. Lang
The Pioneer Mission to Venus
19(18)
Janet G. Luhmann
James B. Pollack
Lawrence Colin
The Mars Pathfinder Mission
37(14)
Matthew P. Golombek
Migrating Planets
51(14)
Renu Malhotra
The Galileo Mission to Jupiter and Its Moons
65(16)
Torrence V. Johnson
Bejeweled Worlds
81(14)
Joseph A. Burns
Douglas P. Hamilton
Mark R. Showalter
Journey to the Farthest Planet
95(16)
S. Alan Stern
The Kuiper Belt
111(12)
Jane X. Luu
David C. Jewitt
The Oort Cloud
123(12)
Paul R. Weissman
Quest for the Limits of the Heliosphere
135(14)
J. R. Jokipii
Frank B. McDonald
Conclusion 149(2)
Index 151(9)
Photo Credits 160

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