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Solar System Astrophysics - Background Science and the Inner Solar System (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2014)
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Solar System Astrophysics - Background Science and the Inner Solar System (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2014)
Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
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The second edition of Solar System Astrophysics: Background Science
and the Inner Solar System provides new insights into the
burgeoning field of planetary astronomy. As in the first edition,
this volume begins with a rigorous treatment of coordinate frames,
basic positional astronomy, and the celestial mechanics of two and
restricted three body system problems. Perturbations are treated in
the same way, with clear step-by-step derivations. Then the Earth's
gravitational potential field and the Earth-Moon system are
discussed, and the exposition turns to radiation properties with a
chapter on the Sun. The exposition of the physical properties of
the Moon and the terrestrial planets are greatly expanded, with
much new information highlighted on the Moon, Mercury, Venus, and
Mars. All of the material is presented within a framework of
historical importance. This book and its sister volume, Solar
System Astrophysics: Background Science and the Inner Solar system,
are pedagogically well written, providing clearly illustrated
explanations, for example, of such topics as the numerical
integration of the Adams-Williamson equation, the equations of
state in planetary interiors and atmospheres, Maxwell's equations
as applied to planetary ionospheres and magnetospheres, and the
physics and chemistry of the Habitable Zone in planetary systems.
Together, the volumes form a comprehensive text for any university
course that aims to deal with all aspects of solar and extra-solar
planetary systems. They will appeal separately to the
intellectually curious who would like to know how just how far our
knowledge of the solar system has progressed in recent years.
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