Elazar Uchupi, Kenneth O. Emery

Morphology of the Rocky Members of the Solar System

Mitarbeit:Dietz, R. S.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

These words are written on the SOOth anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the New World. Surely the deep-space exploration of other worlds in our Solar System over the past few decades is an event of similar magnitude. Man has traveled far enough to see Spaceship Earth suspended alone in black space. And he has voyaged even farther to marvel at the crescent Earth rising over the Moon's cratered terrain. Instrumented spacecraft have toured the entire Solar System even beyond the ninth planet Pluto. This work of science Morphology of the Rocky Members of the Solar System is an inquiry about our extended home. As with the Darwinian and Copernican paradigms, the nature of our planetary system, as the extended world around us, has great significance for those who ponder the human condition. The deep-space views of our Planet Ocean with its sweeping clouds, and moving oceans and creeping continents must rank as the greatest photograph ever taken. Viewing Spaceship Earth hanging in thevast void is an almost frightening experience. We are so alone! It is easy to understand why so many are attracted to a simpler account of origins, like the allegorical tale of creation written in heroic style (but eschewing math, maps, figures, tables, references, and evidence) in the first eleven chapters of Genesis. This treatise examines the morphology of the six rocky planets and their 27 satellites from a broad perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 86015505, 978-3-642-87552-6
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
• Seitenzahl: 420
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9783642875526
• ISBN-10: 3642875521
• Artikelnr.: 40767496

Autorenporträt

Outstanding are not only the satellite images from Earth, Venus, Mars and other planets of our Solar System and their moons but also the approach of the authors. Not only scientists in planetology and astronomy will enjoy this excellently written and illustrated book, but also geomorphologists, hydrologists and interested readers of other disciplines.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction.- 2 Origin of the Solar System.- 2.1 General Properties of Galaxies, Stars, and Sun.- 2.2 The Solar System.- 2.3 Development of Thought About the Origin.- 2.4 Modern Concepts About the Origin.- 3 Morphology of Planets and Satellites.- 4 Earth.- 4.1 Early History, Structure, and Hydrosphere.- 4.2 Atmosphere and Biosphere.- 4.3 Hypsometry.- 4.4 Morphology.- 5 Moon.- 5.1 Origin.- 5.2 Composition.- 5.3 Hypsometry.- 5.4 Morphology.- 5.5 Chronology.- 6 Mercury.- 6.1 Observations.- 6.2 Hypsometry.- 6.3 Morphology.- 6.4 Chronology.- 7 Venus.- 7.1 Early History and Structure.- 7.2 Hypsometry.- 7.3 Morphology.- 8 Mars.- 8.1 Planetary Setting.- 8.2 Satellites.- 8.3 Hypsometry.- 8.4 Morphology.- 9 Outer Planets and Satellites.- 9.1 Exploration.- 9.2 Jupiter and Satellites.- 9.3 Saturn and Satellites.- 9.4 Uranus and Satellites.- 9.5 Neptune and Satellites.- 9.6 Pluto and Charon.- 10 Summary and Conclusions.- 10.1 Introductory Statement.- 10.2 Properties Inherited From the Origin of the Solar System.- 10.3 Morphologies Developed After Separation of the Planets.- 10.4 Oceans of Magma and Other Non-Water Liquids.- 10.5 Ocean Basins and Water Oceans.- 10.6 Atmospheres.- 10.7 Life and Its Role in Structure and Morphology.- 10.8 The Improbability of an Earth.- References.