Planetary Sciences (Imke de Pater, ISBN: 9780521482196) torrent

Planetary Sciences

Author: Imke de Pater, Jack J. Lissauer
Hardcover: 544 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1st edition (December 15, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521482194
ISBN-13: 978-0521482196


e-Book Description

Planetary Sciences presents a comprehensive coverage of this fascinating and expanding field at a level appropriate for graduate students and researchers in the physical sciences. The book explains the wide variety of physical, chemical and geological processes that govern the motions and properties of planets. Observations of the planets, moons, asteroids, comets and planetary rings in our Solar System, as well as extrasolar planets, are described, and the process of planetary formation is discussed.