This book presents a global and synthetic vision of planetology - the study of objects in the Solar System. In the past several decades, planetology has undergone a real revolution, marked in particular by the discovery of the Kuiper belt beyond Neptune, the discovery of extrasolar planets, and also by the space exploration of ever more distant objects. Today, it is at the crossroads of many disciplines: astronomy, geophysics, geochemistry and biology. The Solar System 2 studies the outer Solar System: satellites and rings of giant planets, small bodies and dwarf planets. It also deals with…mehr
This book presents a global and synthetic vision of planetology - the study of objects in the Solar System. In the past several decades, planetology has undergone a real revolution, marked in particular by the discovery of the Kuiper belt beyond Neptune, the discovery of extrasolar planets, and also by the space exploration of ever more distant objects. Today, it is at the crossroads of many disciplines: astronomy, geophysics, geochemistry and biology.
The Solar System 2 studies the outer Solar System: satellites and rings of giant planets, small bodies and dwarf planets. It also deals with meteorites and cosmochemistry, as well as the formation and dynamics of the Solar System. It addresses the question of the origin of life and extraterrestrial life, and presents all of the methods in the study of planetology.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Therese Encrenaz is an Astronomer Emeritus at CNRS and the Paris Observatory, France, specializing in planetary atmospheres. She has directed the Observatory's Space Research Department. James Lequeux is an honorary astronomer at the Paris Observatory, France. He has directed the Nançay Radio Observatory and the Marseille Observatory; he was also editor-in-chief of the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal.
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Preface xi Thérèse ENCRENAZ and James LEQUEUX
Chapter 1. Satellites and Rings of the Giant Planets 1 Athena COUSTENIS, Marcello FULCHIGNONI and Françoise ROQUES
1.1. Introduction 1
1.2. Jupiter's satellites 5
1.2.1. The Galilean satellites 5
1.2.2. The minor Jovian satellites 17
1.3. Saturn's satellites 17
1.3.1. Titan 19
1.3.2. Enceladus 30
1.3.3. The other icy satellites 33
1.3.4. Challenges for future missions in the Saturn system and Dragonfly 39
1.4. The satellites of Uranus and Neptune 40
1.4.1. The satellites of Uranus 40
1.4.2. The satellites of Neptune 42
1.4.3. Future exploration of the icy giant planets' systems 43
1.5. The rings 43
1.5.1. Tidal forces and the Roche limit 46
1.5.2. Flattening and ring dispersion 47
1.5.3. Jupiter's rings 47
1.5.4. Saturn's rings 48
1.5.5. Uranus's rings 51
1.5.6. Neptune's rings 51
1.5.7. The rings of small bodies 53
1.5.8. Ring dynamics 56
1.5.9. The origin of the rings 59
1.5.10. An exo-ring 61
1.6. References 62
Chapter 2. Comets, Asteroids, and Dwarf Planets 65 Jacques CROVISIER and Marcello FULCHIGNONI
2.1. Comets 65
2.1.1. Definition and nomenclature 66
2.1.2. The orbits and families of the comets 71
2.1.3. Cometary magnitude 74
2.1.4. Space exploration of the comets 76
2.1.5. The nucleus 82
2.1.6. The atmosphere 84
2.1.7. Dust and the tail 102
2.1.8. The chemical diversity of the comets: a relationship to their origins? 109
2.1.9. The interaction of comets with solar wind 110
2.2. The "historical" asteroids 112
2.2.1. The asteroids in the main belt 114
2.2.2. The asteroids that cross the orbit of the terrestrial planets 117
2.2.3. The Trojan asteroids 119
2.2.4. The properties of asteroids 120
2.3. The "new" asteroids 129
2.3.1. The Centaurs 130
2.3.2. Trans-Neptunian objects 131
2.3.3. Interstellar objects 136
2.3.4. The origin and evolution of the asteroids 137
2.4. The dwarf planets 139
2.4.1. Ceres 140
2.4.2. Pluto and its satellites 144
2.4.3. Eris, Haumea, and Makemake 149
2.5. References 152
Chapter 3. Meteorites and Cosmochemistry 157 Brigitte ZANDA
3.1. Rocks falling from the sky 157
3.2. Origin of meteorites 162
3.3. Planetary differentiation and groups of meteorites 165
3.4. Chondrites and the origin of the Solar System 169
3.4.1. The chemical composition of chondrites 170
3.4.2. The mineralogy of chondrites 173
3.4.3. The isotopic characteristics of bulk meteorites 180
3.5. Differentiated meteorites 184
3.5.1. Fragments of the asteroid Vesta 184
3.5.2. Iron meteorites 187
3.5.3. Pallasites 190
3.5.4. Fragments of the planet Mars 191
3.6. Witnesses to the formation and evolution of the Solar System 195
3.7. References 197
Chapter 4. Formation and Dynamic History of the Solar System 205 Françoise ROQUES
4.1. Introduction 205
4.2. Laws of motion of the planets and satellites 207
