Solar system: the Sun and planets

There is a huge gulf between the real physics of space travel and the way it is commonly portrayed in movies and TV shows.

Our familiar, but often inscrutable, star exhibits a variety of enigmatic phe- nomena that have continued to defy explanation.

This special issue of the international journal of cosmic physics, Astrophysics and Space Science, contains invited contributions delivered at the Second IEEE International Workshop on Plasma Astrophysics and Cosmology, held from 10 to 12 May 1993 in Princeton, New Jersey.

A total eclipse of the Sun is the most awesome sight in the heavens.

In the twenty-first century, the debate about life on other worlds is quickly changing from the realm of speculation to the domain of hard science.

It is well known that stellar winds are variable, and the fluctuations are often cyclical in nature.

Many times all of us could hear from mass media that an asteroid approached and swept past the Earth.

Galaxies have a history.

This most recent book from lunar expert Charles J.

This is volume 3 of Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems, a six-volume compendium of modern astronomical research covering subjects of key interest to the main fields of contemporary astronomy.

Provides the first interdisciplinary introduction to cosmochemistry, making this exciting and evolving field accessible to undergraduate and graduate students.

This is volume 3 of Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems, a six-volume compendium of modern astronomical research covering subjects of key interest to the main fields of contemporary astronomy.

The purpose of this reference and handbook is to describe and to derive the analytic solutionsoftheequationsofsatellitemotionperturbedbyextraterrestrialandgeo- tential disturbances of the second order.

On the occasion of the retirement of Ulrich Schwarz, a symposium was held in Groningen in May of 1996, celebrating his contributions to the study of the int- stellar medium, including his work on the high-velocity clouds.

This book discusses autonomous spacecraft navigation based on X-ray pulsars, analyzing how to process X-ray pulsar signals, how to simulate them, and how to estimate the pulse's time of arrival based on epoch folding.

This book presents high-quality contributions in the subject area of Aerospace System Science and Engineering, including topics such as: Trans-space vehicle systems design and integration, Air vehicle systems, Space vehicle systems, Near-space vehicle systems, Opto-electronic system, Aerospace robotics and unmanned system, Aerospace robotics and unmanned system, Communication, navigation, and surveillance, Dynamics and control, Intelligent sensing and information fusion, Aerodynamics and aircraft design, Aerospace propulsion, Avionics system, Air traffic management, Earth observation, Deep space exploration, and Bionic micro-aircraft/spacecraft.

The main purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to the subject of solar activity and the connection with Earth's climate.

The SpringerBriefs on Atmospheric and Space Sciences in two volumes presents a concise and interdisciplinary introduction to the basic theory, observation & modeling of atmospheric and ionospheric coupling processes on Earth.

This monograph is a detailed study, and systematic defence, of the Growing Block Theory of time (GBT), first conceived by C.

This book approaches geological, geomorphological and topographical mapping from the point in the workflow at which science-ready datasets are available.

These Proceedings result from the papers and discussions of the U.

Over the last decade we entered a new exploration phase of solar flare physics, equipped with powerful spacecraft such as Yohkoh, SoHO, and TRACE that pro- vide us detail-rich and high-resolution images of solar flares in soft X-rays, hard X -rays, and extreme-ultraviolet wavelengths.

The ideal textbook resource to support a one-semester capstone course in planetary processes for geoscience undergraduates.

With full color images, this classic reference is brought up-to-date, and will appeal to anyone with an interest in planetary science.

This textbook introduces the theories and practical procedures used in planetary spacecraft navigation.

Dieses Buch führt in Fragestellungen der Astrobiologie und Exoökologie ein und vermittelt einen umfassenden Überblick über die aktuellsten Forschungsergebnisse, vergangenen Rückschläge und zukünftigen Missionen der führenden Raumfahrtorganisationen.

These proceedings sample new results derived from extended-objected IR observations and explore the capabilities of large-aperture, low-scattered-light instrumentation.

This thesis presents accurate analyses of the spin-orbit angle for many remarkable transiting exoplanetary systems, including the first measurement of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect for a multiple transiting system.

This book is an introduction to pulsars, a key area in high energy astrophysics with continuing potential for fundamental discoveries.

The 1985/86 apparition of Halley's Comet turned out to be the most important apparition of a comet ever.

This book gives a detailed introduction to the thousands and thousands of smaller bodies in the solar system.

This book discusses how the increased emanation of radon and other gases from the Earth's crust in the vicinity of active tectonic faults triggers a chain of physical processes and chemical reactions in the atmospheric boundary layer and the Earth's ionosphere over an earthquake area several days/hours before strong seismic shocks occur.

Magnetohydrodynamics, or MHD, is a theoretical way of describing the statics and dynamics of electrically conducting uids.

This book introduces the Martian simulations of The Mars Society, the first one installed on Devon Island, an uninhabited island in the Canadian Arctic, well within the polar circle, and the second in the desert of Utah, several hundreds of kilometers South of Salt Lake City.

In this book, renowned scientists describe the complexity of exoplanetary atmospheres and all of the observational techniques that are employed to probe them.

Given the fundamental importance of and universal interest in whether extraterrestrial life has developed or could eventually develop in our solar system and beyond, it is vital that an examination of planetary habitability go beyond simple assumptions such as, "e;Where there is water, there is life"e;.

This volume comprises a selection of papers describing the main features of the Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands Geopark (Canary Archipelago, Spain).

This thesis presents fundamental work that explains two mysteries concerning the trajectory of interplanetary spacecraft.

This advanced textbook reviews the complex interaction between the Sun''s plasma atmosphere and its magnetic field.

The role of laboratory research and simulations in advancing our understanding of solar system ices (including satellites, KBOs, comets, and giant planets) is becoming increasingly important.

The year is 2035, and the crew from the first expedition to Mars is returning to Earth.

Comet Hale-Bopp defines a milestone event for cometary science: it is the first "e;really big"e; comet observed with modern equipment on the ground and from space and due to that; it is considered the new reference object in cometary sciences.

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.

This book celebrates the final spaceflight in the Mercury series, flown by NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper, who led an adventurous life in the cockpit of airplanes and spacecraft alike, and on his Mercury mission he became the last American ever to rocket into space alone.

From myth to Musk, astrology to astronomy, Dr Stuark Clark selects the very best writing about the Red Planet.

The biological effects of asteroid and comet impacts have been widely viewed as primarily destructive.