Keywords:
Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (1038 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780816546558
Series Statement:
The University of Arizona Space Science Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=28751193
DDC:
523.9/8
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Contents -- Collaborating Authors -- Preface -- 1. Some Background about Satellites - J. A. Burns -- 2. Origins of Satellites - D.J. Stevenson. A. W Harris, and J. I. Lunine -- 3. Protosatellite Swarms - V. S. Safronov, G. V Pechernikova, E. L. Ruskol, and A. V. Vitjazev -- 4. The Evolution of Satellite Orbits - J. A. Burns -- 5. Orbital Resonances, Unusual Configurations, and Exotic Rotation States among the Planetary Satellites - S. J. Peale -- 6. Thermal Histories, Compositions, and Internal Structures of the Moons of the Solar System - G. Schubert, T. Spohn, and R. T. Reynolds -- 7. The Tectonics of Icy Satellites - S. W. Squyres and S. K. Croft -- 8. The Physical Characteristics of Satellite Surfaces - J. Veverka, P. Thomas, T. V Johnson, D. Matson, and K. Hausen -- 9. Interactions of Planetary Magnetospheres with Icy Satellite Surfaces - A. F. Cheng, P. K. Half, R. E. Johnson, and L. J. Lanzerotti -- 10. Surface Composition of Natural Satellites - R. N. Clark, F. P. Fanale, and M. J. Gaffey -- 11. Crateringofplanetary Satellites - C. R. Chapman and W. B. Mckinnon -- 12. The Moon - W. M. Kaula, M. J. Drake, and J. W. Head -- 13. IO - D. B. Nash, M. H. Carr, J. Gradie, D. M. Hunten, and C. F. Yoder -- 14. Europa - M. C. Malin and D. C. Pieri -- 15. Ganymede and Callisto - W. B. Mckinnon and E. M. Parmentier -- 16. The Satellites of Saturn - D. Morrison, T. Owen, and L. A. Soderblom -- 17. Small Satellites - P. Thomas, J. Veverka, and S. Dermott -- 18. Satellites Of Uranus and Neptune, and the Pluto-Charon System - D. P. Cruikshank and R. H. Brown -- Color Section -- Map Section -- Bibliography - M. Magisos -- Glossary - M. Magisos -- Acknowledgments to Funding Agencies and Referees -- Index.
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