Solar system: the Sun and planets

This updated second edition takes in the latest measurements.

In the past 25 years, planetary science has undergone a revolution with the discovery of vast oceans of liquid water within the icy moons of our Solar System.

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.

This authoritative book presents the theoretical development of gravitational physics as it applies to the dynamics of celestial bodies and the analysis of precise astronomical observations.

In this book, renowned scientists describe the various techniques used to detect and characterize extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, with a view to unveiling the "e;tricks of the trade"e; of planet detection to a wider community.

This book focuses on the Interkosmos program, which was formed in 1967, marking a fundamentally new era of cooperation by socialist countries, led by the Soviet Union, in the study and exploration of space.

This book is primarily concerned with the computational aspects of predictability of dynamical systems - in particular those where observation, modeling and computation are strongly interdependent.

This book captures the complex world of planetary moons, which are more diverse than Earth's sole satellite might lead you to believe.

The Moon: Resources, Future Development and Settlement describes feasible human settlement of the Moon in the coming century.

In this compelling work on Flat Earth Theory, David Waldo Scott uses a collection of scripture, reason, and fact to argue against the idea that the earth is a planet.

This book looks at the persistence of life and how difficult it would be to annihilate life, especially a species as successful as humanity.

Since Luna and Lunar Orbiter photographed the far side of the Moon, the mysterious dichotomy between the face of the Moon as we see it from Earth and the side of the Moon that is hidden has puzzled lunar scientists.

The creation and utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) is a milestone in space exploration.

Gamma-ray astronomy began in the mid-1960s with balloon satellite, and, at very high photon energies, also with ground-based instruments.

Life support systems are an integral part of crewed spacecraft designs and habitation systems.

TO THE SECOND EDITION In the nine years since this book was first written, rapid progress has been made scientifically in nuclear fusion, space physics, and nonlinear plasma theory.

With the success of Cherenkov Astronomy and more recently with the launch of NASA's Fermi mission, very-high-energy astrophysics has undergone a revolution in the last years.

In 2014, Rosetta became the first mission to orbit a comet and to deploy a lander onto its surface.

If you have ever wondered how we get from the awesome impersonality of the Big Bang universe to the point where living creatures can start to form, and evolve into beings like you, your friends and your family, wonder no more.

The aim of the Space Exploration - 2007 is to provide an annual update on recent space launches, missions and results, to be published every year in September.

The development of the orbits theory lags behind the development of satellite technology.

Mohamed Larbi Selassi Deputy Director of the National Meteorology, Morocco Welcome address (translated from French) WMO, WCRP, Medias-France and scientific institutions representatives, ladies and gentlemen, to thank WMO and MEDIAS-France, who have honoured us by I want first organizing the two workshops, climate indices in Africa and data assessment for global change research in the Mediterranean region, in Casablanca and I welcome all of you here in Morocco.

This book provides a detailed insight into how space and its applications are embedded, and can be further embedded, into African society in support of the SDGs, while taking into account the specific features, needs, and diversity of that society.

The world is warming up rapidly and this change is most noticeable in mountains with already observable consequences on flora and fauna.

This book examines the background and context of Latin America's political and socioeconomic landscape with a focus on space activities.

The third of these texts focuses on the sunspot cycle and its effects on space weather and planetary climates.

This book describes and contextualises collisionless plasma theory, and in particular collisionless plasma equilibria.

Wohin wird die kosmische Reise gehen?

Exciting new observational and theoretical advances lead today's solar physicists to challenge many of the predictions of even recent models.

This book details key trends involving the recent formation of scores of companies that build and launch small satellites or provide key components for small satellite constellations.

This biography summarizes the seminal contributions to auroral and space science of Carl Stormer (1874 - 1957).

Impact cratering is an important geological process on all solid planetary bodies, and, in the case of Earth, may have had major climatic and biological effects.

In this book, Donald Rapp looks at human missions to Mars from a technological perspective.

A complete and in-depth review of exoplanet research, covering the discovery methods, physics and theoretical background.

Using the kind permission given to me by my co-author, this short preface will be written in my name.

The first comprehensive overview of planet formation for students and researchers in astronomy, cosmochemistry, laboratory astrophysics and planetary sciences.

In tropical latitudes, monsoons trigger regimes of strong seasonal rainfall over the continents.

The 19th ESLAB Symposium on 'The Sun and the Heliosphere in Three Dimensions' was held in Les Diablerets (Switzerland) on 4-6 June 1985.

This handbook, directed at medical professionals and students who are involved in developing the space industry or are academicians doing research in this area, covers current pharmaceutical knowledge about the difference in medication efficacy in space versus on Earth and includes trial results and best practices for the space research and travel industry.

This book contains the proceedings of the Summerschool and Workshop Motions in the Solar Atmosphere held from September 1st to September 12th, 1997, at the Solar Observatory Kanzelh6he, which belongs to the Astronomical Institute of the University of Graz, Austria.

This textbook introduces the reader to the basic concepts and equations that describe stellar structure.

This book is one of two volumes meant to capture, to the extent practical, the scienti?

Presents a comprehensive, multidisciplinary volume on the physics of zonal jets, from the leading experts, for graduate students and researchers.

Extraterrestrial Altruism examines a basic assumption of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI): that extraterrestrials will be transmitting messages to us for our benefit.

This contributed volume addresses the future development of space law in light of our ever-growing space activities, the multiplicity of new space actors and the challenges posed by novel space technologies.

This book tells the story of the catastrophic impact of the giant 10 Km asteroid Chicxulub into the ancient Gulf of Mexico 65.