Solar and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems : Lectures Held at the Astrophysics School XI Organized by the European Astrophysics Doctoral Network (EADN) in The Burren, Ballyvaughn, Ireland, 7–18 September 1998 / / edited by I.P. Williams, N. Thomas

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139754603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2001
• ISBN: 3-540-44807-1
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2001.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XVIII, 258 p. 35 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
• Collana: Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 577
• Disciplina: 523
• Soggetti: Space sciences; Geophysics; Observations, Astronomical; Astronomy—Observations; Astrobiology; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics); Geophysics/Geodesy; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Solar system
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: — Solar and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems -- The Solar System: An Overview -- Setting the Scene: A Star Formation Perspective -- Extrasolar Planets: A Review of Current Observations and Theory -- The Giant Planets -- The Formation of Planets -- Dynamics of the Solar System -- Photometry of Resolved Planetary Surfaces -- Mercury — Goals for a Future Mission -- Physical Processes Associated with Planetary Satellites -- Light Scattering in the Martian Atmosphere: Effects on Surface Photometry -- The Small Bodies of the Solar System -- Dust in the Solar System and in Other Planetary Systems -- Meteors, Meteor Showers and Meteoroid Streams.
• Sommario/riassunto: Both the high level of activity in worldwide space exploration ; programmes and the discovery of extra-solar planets have spurred renewed interest in the physics and evolution dynamics of solar systems. The present book has grown out of a set of lectures by leading experts in the field within the framework of the well-known EADN summer schools. It addresses primarily graduate students and young researchers but will be equally useful for scientists in search of a comprehensive tutorial account that goes beyond the material found in standard textbooks.