Solar system: the Sun and planets

Containing interviews with astronomers, geologists, biologists, and writers, this book will fascinate anyone who has ever wondered ''Are we alone?

This comprehensive reference volume surveys the development of crusts on solid planets and satellites in the solar system.

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

Graduate-level textbook providing a basic understanding of the astrophysical processes for readers in planetary science, and observational and theoretical astronomy.

This book is an essential reference volume that surveys tectonic landforms on solid bodies throughout the Solar System.

Global maps and high-resolution mosaics of Jupiter''s four large moons are compiled in this important atlas for researchers.

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

Presents new algorithms for determining orbits; ideal for graduate students and researchers in applied mathematics, physics, astronomy and aerospace engineering.

Describes the physical, plasma and chemical processes controlling ionospheres, upper atmospheres and exospheres, for researchers and graduates.

Philosophers, historians, ethicists, and theologians provide the perspectives of their fields on astrobiology for graduate students and researchers.

A comprehensive account of sunspots and starspots for graduate students, astronomers, geophysicists, space physicists and experts in solar and stellar physics.

A detailed introduction for graduate students and researchers, which connects the astrophysics of massive stars with the extremes of galaxy evolution.

This comprehensive reference volume surveys the development of crusts on solid planets and satellites in the solar system.

A fresh look at the latest Mars discoveries for researchers and students in planetary science, astronomy, and space exploration.

A textbook on Mars for graduate students and researchers, in geology, chemistry, atmospheric sciences, and astronomy.

An interdisciplinary overview of astrobiology for students and researchers in astrophysics, planetary science, geosciences, biochemistry, and biology.

A hands-on primer for the aspiring observer of the Moon, providing extensive practical advice for novices and experienced astronomers.

A 2007 reference on the geological evolution of Mars for students and researchers of planetary science.

Overview of planetary landers for professionals, academic researchers and graduate students in planetary science, aerospace engineering and space mission development.

An up-to-date and highly illustrated principal reference for researchers and graduate students in planetary science.

A summary of the ideas surrounding the origin and history of chondrules and chondrites.

This 2006 book summarises understanding of planet formation processes, and addresses major open questions and research issues.

This book contains review papers covering HST''s main achievements and future observations, for researchers and graduate students.

A fascinating first-hand account of scientific expeditions in Antarctica, first published in 2003.

A revised edition describing remote sensing of the Solar System through studies of infrared radiation.

Comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of all aspects of mantle convection, for advanced students and researchers.

A highly illustrated account of the birth, evolution and future of our solar system.

An engaging story of modern scientific discovery: exploring the frozen frontier of our solar system.

The first popular book to explain the dramatic theory behind the Moon's genesisThis lively science history relates one of the great recent breakthroughs in planetary astronomy-a successful theory of the birth of the Moon.

In support of Pluto-the cutest and most unfairly treated planet Pity poor Pluto: It's a planet that was discovered because of a mistake, a planet that turned out not to be a planet at all, thanks to a still-disputed decision made in 2006.

Discovering the Solar System, Second Edition covers the Sun, the planets, their satellites and the host of smaller bodies that orbit the Sun.

Mars Outpost provides a detailed insight into the various technologies, mission architectures, medical requirements, and training needed to send humans to Mars.

The SECCHI A and B instrument suites (Howard et al.

It's been thirty-five years since people last trod the dusty plains of the Moon.

The Sun is nowadays observed using di?

Comet nuclei are the most primitive bodies in the solar system.

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Instead of taking somebody's word for it about the basic size and distance statistics for the solar system, this book shows amateur astronomers how to measure these things for themselves.

New Horizons: Reconnaissance of the Pluto-Charon System and the Kuiper Belt C.

The Solar-B satellite was launched in the morning of 23 September 2006 (06:36 Japan time) by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA), and was renamed to Hinode (‘sunrise’ in Japanese).

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Deep-Sky Video Astronomy is a concise guide to using modern integrating video cameras for deep-sky viewing and imaging with the kinds of modest telescopes available commercially to amateur astronomers.

The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team will relate who these men were and offer far more extensive background stories, in addition to those of the more familiar names of early Soviet space explorers from that group.

What was our planet like before the advent of our modern civilization?

To commemorate the momentous 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's pioneering journey into space on 12th April 2011, a series of five books - to be published annually - will explore this half century, decade by decade, to discover how humanity's knowledge of flying, working and living in space has changed.

Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, is different in several respects from the other three terrestrial planets.

NASA's MESSENGER mission, launched on 3 August, 2004 is the seventh mission in the Discovery series.

This book is for two groups of people: those who want to study the remote planets with amateur astronomical equipment, and those who are just interested in learning about our knowledge of the remote planets.