Comparative Planetology with an Earth Perspective - Proceedings of the First International Conference held in Pasadena, California, June 6-8, 1994 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995)

The systematic study of the planets has experienced a slow but steady progress from the efforts of a single individual (Galileo Galilei, 1564-1642) to nations that individually and collectively create whole agencies and complex infrastructures devoted to the exploration and understanding of our solar system. This quest for knowledge continues in earnest today as we attempt to understand Earth's unique place among its closest neighbors. Known diversities emphasize fractionation processes that may have occurred in the nebula during early solar system formation, and the vastly different evolutionary paths taken by the planets and their satellites. The discovery of similarities and differences among the planets has given rise to a discipline of "Comparative Planetology. " Here terrestrial properties and giant planet atmospheres are viewed and probed, surface geologies are related to atmospheres and oceans, interior structures are envisioned, magnetic fields mapped, and bizarre differences in satellites and ring systems continue to enlighten, amaze and confound the detectives of planetary science. A science organizing committee with international participation was formed to develop a conference program to address the basic issues and the fundamental processes that are common among the planets. The goals of the meeting were twofold: first the production of a reference source on comparative planetology for academia, and second, the provision of an impetus for NASA to begin a program devoted to this emerging science discipline. The conference program accommodated seventeen invited papers and nineteen poster presentations.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	1995
Editors:	Moustafa T. Chahine • Michael F A'Hearn • Jurgen H. Rahe
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	230
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-4636-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics
LSN:	90-481-4636-4
Barcode:	9789048146369

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