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Solar System Astrophysics - Background Science and the Inner Solar System (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2014) Loot Price: R2,491
Discovery Miles 24 910
Solar System Astrophysics - Background Science and the Inner Solar System (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed....

Solar System Astrophysics - Background Science and the Inner Solar System (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2014)

Eugene F. Milone, William J.F Wilson

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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Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin: United States
Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
Release date: September 2016
First published: 2014
Authors: Eugene F. Milone • William J.F Wilson
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 335
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2014
ISBN-13: 978-1-4939-3860-5
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Theoretical & mathematical astronomy
Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Solar system > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics
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LSN: 1-4939-3860-6
Barcode: 9781493938605

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