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History of the Plurality of Worlds [[electronic resource] ] : The Myths of Extraterrestrials Through the Ages / / by Pierre Connes ; edited by James Lequeux
| History of the Plurality of Worlds [[electronic resource] ] : The Myths of Extraterrestrials Through the Ages / / by Pierre Connes ; edited by James Lequeux |
| Autore | Connes Pierre |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (414 pages) |
| Disciplina | 576.839 |
| Collana | Historical & Cultural Astronomy |
| Soggetto topico |
Astrobiology
History Cosmology History of Science |
| ISBN | 3-030-41448-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Myth or fact/reality -- 2. From Anaximander to Lucretius: Plurality from chance -- 3. Pythagoras, Plato and Ptolemy: Unicity by design -- 4. Plutarch’s De Facie: The Moon is another Earth -- 5. Patristic cosmology confirms the single world -- 6. Scholastics invent virtual Plurality -- 7. Nicolaus Cusanus: Homogeneous Cosmos -- 8. Nicolaus Copernicus: Earth no center -- 9. Giordano Bruno: Lame compasses but agile pen -- 10. Galileo Galilei: Technicians oust metaphysicians -- 11. Johannes Kepler: Servo-controlled planets orbiting a Sun-God -- 12. René Descartes and Cartesians: Multiple worlds from vortex power -- 13. Christiaan Huygens: Humans give its present-day form extraterrestrial intelligence -- 14. The time coordinate of Plurality -- 15. The discovery of time -- 16. Epilogue: Today’s myth -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index. |
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History of the Plurality of Worlds [[electronic resource] ] : The Myths of Extraterrestrials Through the Ages / / by Pierre Connes ; edited by James Lequeux
| History of the Plurality of Worlds [[electronic resource] ] : The Myths of Extraterrestrials Through the Ages / / by Pierre Connes ; edited by James Lequeux |
| Autore | Connes Pierre |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (414 pages) |
| Disciplina | 576.839 |
| Collana | Historical & Cultural Astronomy |
| Soggetto topico |
Astrobiology
History Cosmology History of Science |
| ISBN | 3-030-41448-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Myth or fact/reality -- 2. From Anaximander to Lucretius: Plurality from chance -- 3. Pythagoras, Plato and Ptolemy: Unicity by design -- 4. Plutarch’s De Facie: The Moon is another Earth -- 5. Patristic cosmology confirms the single world -- 6. Scholastics invent virtual Plurality -- 7. Nicolaus Cusanus: Homogeneous Cosmos -- 8. Nicolaus Copernicus: Earth no center -- 9. Giordano Bruno: Lame compasses but agile pen -- 10. Galileo Galilei: Technicians oust metaphysicians -- 11. Johannes Kepler: Servo-controlled planets orbiting a Sun-God -- 12. René Descartes and Cartesians: Multiple worlds from vortex power -- 13. Christiaan Huygens: Humans give its present-day form extraterrestrial intelligence -- 14. The time coordinate of Plurality -- 15. The discovery of time -- 16. Epilogue: Today’s myth -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index. |
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Connes Pierre
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 | ||
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The Milky Way : structure, dynamics, formation and evolution / / Francoise Combes and James Lequeux
| The Milky Way : structure, dynamics, formation and evolution / / Francoise Combes and James Lequeux |
| Autore | Combes F. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Paris, [France] : , : EDP Sciences, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 523.113 |
| Collana | Current Natural Sciences |
| Soggetto topico | Galaxies - Evolution |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 2-7598-2001-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Physical and astronomical constants -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The solar neighborhood -- 3 Structure and components of the Milky Way -- 4 The galactic center -- 5 Galactic dynamics -- 6 The chemical evolution of the Galaxy -- 7 Formation and evolution of the Galaxy -- 8 The Galaxy among its companions -- 9 The future -- Appendix 1. Stellar parameters -- Appendix 2. A few basic notions concerning the observations of the interstellar medium -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
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New Aspects of Magellanic Cloud Research [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the Second European Meeting on the Magellanic Clouds Organized by the Sonderforschungsbereich 328 „Evolution of Galaxies“ Held at Heidelberg, Germany, 15–17 June 1992 / / edited by Bodo Baschek, Gerhard Klare, James Lequeux
| New Aspects of Magellanic Cloud Research [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the Second European Meeting on the Magellanic Clouds Organized by the Sonderforschungsbereich 328 „Evolution of Galaxies“ Held at Heidelberg, Germany, 15–17 June 1992 / / edited by Bodo Baschek, Gerhard Klare, James Lequeux |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 1993.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 404 p. 70 illus., 3 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 520 |
| Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles |
| ISBN | 3-540-47556-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The stellar populations in the Magellanic Clouds. An overview -- Kinematics in the Small Magellanic Cloud -- Star formation history in the keyprogram Regions C and E in the LMC -- New Coravel radial velocities, structure and kinematics of the Magellanic Clouds -- The morphology of the large magellanic cloud and its surroundings -- The distance to the large magellanic cloud from observations of SN1987A -- CO in the Large Magellanic Cloud — a SEST key project -- Overview of CO SEST observations: Small Magellanic Cloud -- Ionized carbon [CII] in the Magellanic Clouds -- The Magellanic Clouds as seen by IRAS -- Deep infrared images of the Small Magellanic Cloud and comparison with the distribution of ultraviolet emission -- Magellanic cloud research with ISO -- ROSAT observations of the magellanic clouds -- ROSAT survey view of the SMC -- Deep ROSAT observations of the northern part of the LMC containing the X-ray binary LMC X-4 -- H alpha survey of the small magellanic cloud -- Survey of carbon stars and emission objects -- Detection of faint H? emission-line objects and carbon stars in the magellanic clouds -- A correlation between H?-extinction-excess and H? surface brightness -- Recent Studies of Gas and Dust in the Magellanic System -- Structure and Kinematics of the ISM in the LMC from HI 21-cm line emission -- Radio Continuum from the Magellanic Clouds New Aspects -- The Nonthermal Radiation Component in the Large Magellanic Cloud -- Interstellar Absorption-Line Observations of the Magellanic Clouds -- Interstellar Sodium in the Magellanic Clouds at High Spectral Resolution -- HII Regions Massive stars affecting the ISM -- Chemical homogeneity of the 30 Dor nebula -- UIT ultraviolet imaging of 30 Doradus -- The kinematics of red supergiants in 30 Dor and Shapley II: What for ? -- Investigations of the interstellar matter in and around supergiant shell LMC4 -- A survey of the environment of wolf-rayet stars in the magellanic clouds -- Emission line stars in LMC dark clouds -- A high resolution and high sensitivity survey of the SMC at 843 MHz -- Dust and gas masses from mm continuum observations of LMC and SMC -- Far infrared luminosities of GMCs in the large magellanic cloud -- Modelling the SMC: atomic to molecular transition and emissivities -- A survey of planetary nebulae in the LMC -- New CO and H? observations of Magellanic-type irregular galaxies -- Ultraviolet studies of Novae in the large Magellanic cloud -- Photoionisation modelling of nova LMC 1990 #1 -- Non-LTE, expanding model atmosphere studies of LMC novae -- SN1987A: A view from space -- SN 1987A after five years -- The abundances of SN1987A -- Dust formation in the ejecta of SN 1987A -- Supernova remnants in the magellanic clouds -- Cepheids, miras and CH stars in the magellanic clouds -- The most massive stars in the Magellanic Clouds -- Dusty B[e] stars -- Luminous blue variables of the Magellanic Clouds -- Be stars in Magellanic Cloud clusters -- Narrow band coronographic imaging of the bipolar nebula around the LBV R127 -- The envelopes of B[e] supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds -- A new way to calculate doublet P-Cygni profiles -- R40: first luminous blue variable in the small magellanic cloud -- Questions raised by massive stars in the magellanic clouds -- Implications of processed material in the atmospheres of LMC B supergiants -- The influence of close binary evolution on the theoretically predicted number distribution of WR stars in the Galaxy and in the Magellanic Clouds. -- Chemical abundances of B-type stars in the Magellanic Clouds 1,2 -- Analyses of F supergiant stars in the Magellanic Clouds -- Abundances of KM supergiants in magellanic Cloud clusters -- Stellar vs. Interstellar Abundances in the Magellanic Clouds -- New Abundance Analyses of B-Type Giants in the Magellanic Clouds -- Observation of Stars in NGC1948 -- New Aspects of Young Magellanic Cloud Clusters -- Evolutionary Tracks and color Magnitude Diagrams -- New Sets of Evolutionary Tracks -- CCD Photometry Of The LMC Clusters NGC 2134 And NGC 2249: The Effect Of The Opacities -- New Strömgren and H? Photometry of Young LMC Clusters -- Search for mass segregation in NGC2098 in the Large Magellanic Cloud -- On the formation of young globular clusters in the Magellanic Clouds -- How to model the chemical evolution of the Magellanic Clouds -- Where is SMC 1 ? -- A catalogue with accurate positions and a grid of Magellanic Cloud selected areas -- Conclusions and perspectives -- List of participants. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910257403903321 |
| Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1993 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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New Aspects of Magellanic Cloud Research [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the Second European Meeting on the Magellanic Clouds Organized by the Sonderforschungsbereich 328 „Evolution of Galaxies“ Held at Heidelberg, Germany, 15–17 June 1992 / / edited by Bodo Baschek, Gerhard Klare, James Lequeux
| New Aspects of Magellanic Cloud Research [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the Second European Meeting on the Magellanic Clouds Organized by the Sonderforschungsbereich 328 „Evolution of Galaxies“ Held at Heidelberg, Germany, 15–17 June 1992 / / edited by Bodo Baschek, Gerhard Klare, James Lequeux |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 1993.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 404 p. 70 illus., 3 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 520 |
| Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles |
| ISBN | 3-540-47556-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The stellar populations in the Magellanic Clouds. An overview -- Kinematics in the Small Magellanic Cloud -- Star formation history in the keyprogram Regions C and E in the LMC -- New Coravel radial velocities, structure and kinematics of the Magellanic Clouds -- The morphology of the large magellanic cloud and its surroundings -- The distance to the large magellanic cloud from observations of SN1987A -- CO in the Large Magellanic Cloud — a SEST key project -- Overview of CO SEST observations: Small Magellanic Cloud -- Ionized carbon [CII] in the Magellanic Clouds -- The Magellanic Clouds as seen by IRAS -- Deep infrared images of the Small Magellanic Cloud and comparison with the distribution of ultraviolet emission -- Magellanic cloud research with ISO -- ROSAT observations of the magellanic clouds -- ROSAT survey view of the SMC -- Deep ROSAT observations of the northern part of the LMC containing the X-ray binary LMC X-4 -- H alpha survey of the small magellanic cloud -- Survey of carbon stars and emission objects -- Detection of faint H? emission-line objects and carbon stars in the magellanic clouds -- A correlation between H?-extinction-excess and H? surface brightness -- Recent Studies of Gas and Dust in the Magellanic System -- Structure and Kinematics of the ISM in the LMC from HI 21-cm line emission -- Radio Continuum from the Magellanic Clouds New Aspects -- The Nonthermal Radiation Component in the Large Magellanic Cloud -- Interstellar Absorption-Line Observations of the Magellanic Clouds -- Interstellar Sodium in the Magellanic Clouds at High Spectral Resolution -- HII Regions Massive stars affecting the ISM -- Chemical homogeneity of the 30 Dor nebula -- UIT ultraviolet imaging of 30 Doradus -- The kinematics of red supergiants in 30 Dor and Shapley II: What for ? -- Investigations of the interstellar matter in and around supergiant shell LMC4 -- A survey of the environment of wolf-rayet stars in the magellanic clouds -- Emission line stars in LMC dark clouds -- A high resolution and high sensitivity survey of the SMC at 843 MHz -- Dust and gas masses from mm continuum observations of LMC and SMC -- Far infrared luminosities of GMCs in the large magellanic cloud -- Modelling the SMC: atomic to molecular transition and emissivities -- A survey of planetary nebulae in the LMC -- New CO and H? observations of Magellanic-type irregular galaxies -- Ultraviolet studies of Novae in the large Magellanic cloud -- Photoionisation modelling of nova LMC 1990 #1 -- Non-LTE, expanding model atmosphere studies of LMC novae -- SN1987A: A view from space -- SN 1987A after five years -- The abundances of SN1987A -- Dust formation in the ejecta of SN 1987A -- Supernova remnants in the magellanic clouds -- Cepheids, miras and CH stars in the magellanic clouds -- The most massive stars in the Magellanic Clouds -- Dusty B[e] stars -- Luminous blue variables of the Magellanic Clouds -- Be stars in Magellanic Cloud clusters -- Narrow band coronographic imaging of the bipolar nebula around the LBV R127 -- The envelopes of B[e] supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds -- A new way to calculate doublet P-Cygni profiles -- R40: first luminous blue variable in the small magellanic cloud -- Questions raised by massive stars in the magellanic clouds -- Implications of processed material in the atmospheres of LMC B supergiants -- The influence of close binary evolution on the theoretically predicted number distribution of WR stars in the Galaxy and in the Magellanic Clouds. -- Chemical abundances of B-type stars in the Magellanic Clouds 1,2 -- Analyses of F supergiant stars in the Magellanic Clouds -- Abundances of KM supergiants in magellanic Cloud clusters -- Stellar vs. Interstellar Abundances in the Magellanic Clouds -- New Abundance Analyses of B-Type Giants in the Magellanic Clouds -- Observation of Stars in NGC1948 -- New Aspects of Young Magellanic Cloud Clusters -- Evolutionary Tracks and color Magnitude Diagrams -- New Sets of Evolutionary Tracks -- CCD Photometry Of The LMC Clusters NGC 2134 And NGC 2249: The Effect Of The Opacities -- New Strömgren and H? Photometry of Young LMC Clusters -- Search for mass segregation in NGC2098 in the Large Magellanic Cloud -- On the formation of young globular clusters in the Magellanic Clouds -- How to model the chemical evolution of the Magellanic Clouds -- Where is SMC 1 ? -- A catalogue with accurate positions and a grid of Magellanic Cloud selected areas -- Conclusions and perspectives -- List of participants. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996466679003316 |
| Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1993 | ||
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Planets and life / / Thérèse Encrenaz, James Lequeux and Fabienne Casoli
| Planets and life / / Thérèse Encrenaz, James Lequeux and Fabienne Casoli |
| Autore | Encrenaz Thérèse |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified] : , : EDP Sciences, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (164 pages) |
| Disciplina | 523.01 |
| Collana | Current Natural Sciences |
| Soggetto topico | Astrophysics |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Formation of Terrestrial Planets -- Chapter 3. The Exploration of Terrestrial Planets -- Chapter 4. Venus, Earth and Mars: A Diverging Evolution -- Chapter 5. The Appearance of Life -- Chapter 6. The Development of Life on Earth -- Chapter 7. Life in the Solar System? -- Chapter 8. How to Search for Life on Rocky Exoplanets? -- Chapter 9. Conclusions: Some Future Directions in Exobiology -- Glossary -- Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554262303321 |
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| [Place of publication not identified] : , : EDP Sciences, , [2021] | ||
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Les planètes [[electronic resource] ] : les nôtres et les autres : de la terre aux exoplanètes / / Thérèse Encrenaz ; préface de James Lequeux
| Les planètes [[electronic resource] ] : les nôtres et les autres : de la terre aux exoplanètes / / Thérèse Encrenaz ; préface de James Lequeux |
| Autore | Encrenaz Thérèse <1946-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Les Ulis, France, : EDP Sciences, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LequeuxJames |
| Collana | Collection "Une introduction à" |
| Soggetto topico |
Planets
Extrasolar planets |
| ISBN |
2-7598-0930-7
1-283-06585-1 9786613065858 2-7598-0708-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Remerciements -- Table des matières -- Préface -- Introduction -- 1 Comment explorer les planètes ? -- 2 La naissance des planètes -- 3 À la découverte de la planète Terre -- 4 Les voisines de la Terre -- 5 Un peu plus loin, les planètes géantes -- 6 Exoplanètes, les nouveaux mondes -- 7 À la recherche de mondes habitables -- Annexe |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789603103321 |
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| Les Ulis, France, : EDP Sciences, 2010 | ||
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Les planètes : les nôtres et les autres : de la terre aux exoplanètes / / Thérèse Encrenaz ; préface de James Lequeux
| Les planètes : les nôtres et les autres : de la terre aux exoplanètes / / Thérèse Encrenaz ; préface de James Lequeux |
| Autore | Encrenaz Thérèse <1946-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Les Ulis, France, : EDP Sciences, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LequeuxJames |
| Collana | Collection "Une introduction à" |
| Soggetto topico |
Planets
Extrasolar planets |
| ISBN |
2-7598-0930-7
1-283-06585-1 9786613065858 2-7598-0708-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Remerciements -- Table des matières -- Préface -- Introduction -- 1 Comment explorer les planètes ? -- 2 La naissance des planètes -- 3 À la découverte de la planète Terre -- 4 Les voisines de la Terre -- 5 Un peu plus loin, les planètes géantes -- 6 Exoplanètes, les nouveaux mondes -- 7 À la recherche de mondes habitables -- Annexe |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819679403321 |
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The solar system 1 : telluric and giant planets, interplanetary medium and exoplanets / / edited by Thérèse Encrenaz, James Lequeux
| The solar system 1 : telluric and giant planets, interplanetary medium and exoplanets / / edited by Thérèse Encrenaz, James Lequeux |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 pages) |
| Disciplina | 523.2 |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-119-88165-X
1-119-88166-8 1-119-88164-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. General Presentation of the Solar System -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Mechanics and dynamics of the Solar System1 -- 1.2.1. Newton's law of gravitation -- 1.2.2. Kepler's laws r -- 1.2.3. Mean motion resonances -- 1.2.4. The N-body problem -- 1.2.5. The role of collisions -- 1.2.6. Migrations in the Solar System -- 1.2.7. The role of gravity in a solid body -- 1.2.8. Special configurations of the Sun-Earth-Moon system -- 1.3. Physics of the Solar System -- 1.3.1. Equilibrium temperature of an object in the Solar System -- 1.3.2. Planets -- 1.3.3. Satellites -- 1.3.4. Small bodies of the Solar System -- 1.3.5. The interplanetary medium2 -- 1.4. References -- 2 Solar and Planetary Systems -- 2.1. The Sun in the Galaxy -- 2.2. Planetary systems in the Galaxy -- 2.3. Interstellar matter¹ -- 2.3.1. History -- 2.3.2. Chemical composition -- 2.3.3. Physical properties -- 2.4. The formation of stars with masses close to that of the Sun -- 2.5. Circumstellar disks -- 2.6. Formation of planetesimals and planetoids -- 2.7. The environment of the Solar System at its birth -- 2.8. Detection and properties of exoplanets and their systems -- 2.8.1. First attempts -- 2.8.2. The unexpected discovery of planets around a pulsar -- 2.8.3. Exoplanet detection methods -- 2.8.4. Some statistical results -- 2.8.5. The diversity of exoplanets -- 2.8.6. Exoplanet atmospheres -- 2.8.7. Habitable planets -- 2.8.8. Some extrasolar planetary systems -- 2.9. References -- 3 The Interaction of Solar System Bodies with the Interplanetary Medium¹ -- 3.1. Interplanetary plasma: origin and properties of the solar wind -- 3.1.1. Coronal expansion -- 3.1.2. The structure of the heliosphere in the ecliptic plane -- 3.1.3. The three-dimensional structure of the heliosphere.
3.1.4. Transient structures of the solar wind -- 3.1.5. The boundaries of the heliosphere -- 3.2. Planetary envelopes -- 3.2.1. Upper planetary atmospheres -- 3.2.2. Planetary magnetic fields -- 3.3. The solar wind's interaction with objects of the Solar System -- 3.3.1. The different types of interaction -- 3.3.2. The case of non-magnetized gaseous envelopes -- 3.3.3. The case of magnetized planets -- 3.3.4. Planetary auroral processes -- 3.4. Acknowledgements -- 3.5. References -- 4 Telluric Planets -- 4.1. The exploration of the telluric planets -- 4.1.1. From antiquity to the space age -- 4.1.2. The beginning of the space age -- 4.1.3. The return to Mars -- 4.1.4. The return to Venus -- 4.1.5. Observations from the ground -- 4.1.6. The exploration of planet Earth -- 4.1.7. Global Climatic Models -- 4.1.8. The electromagnetic spectrum of telluric planets -- 4.2. Objects without an atmosphere: Mercury, the Moon¹ -- 4.2.1. Orbital parameters and macroscopic characteristics -- 4.2.2. Exospheres -- 4.2.3. Internal structure -- 4.2.4. The surfaces of Mercury and the Moon -- 4.2.5. The origin of Mercury and the Moon -- 4.2.6. Mercury's magnetosphere -- 4.3. Objects with an atmosphere (Venus, Earth, Mars) -- 4.3.1. The interior and the magnetic field² -- 4.3.2. The surface³ -- 4.3.3. The atmosphere -- 4.3.4. The satellites of Mars -- 4.4. References -- 5 Giant Planets -- 5.1. The exploration of giant planets -- 5.1.1. From Antiquity to the Space Age -- 5.1.2. Space exploration -- 5.1.3. Exploration from Earth and the terrestrial environment -- 5.1.4. The electromagnetic spectrum of giant planets -- 5.2. The atmosphere of giant planets -- 5.2.1. Atmospheric composition -- 5.2.2. Elemental and isotopic abundance ratios -- 5.2.3. Thermal structure -- 5.2.4. Atmospheric circulation and cloud structure -- 5.2.5. High atmosphere and photochemistry. 5.3. The internal structure of giant planets -- 5.3.1. Experimental data -- 5.3.2. The construction of internal energy models -- 5.3.3. The results -- 5.4. The magnetospheres of the giant planets -- 5.4.1. Jupiter's giant magnetosphere -- 5.4.2. Saturn's symmetrical magnetosphere -- 5.4.3. The asymmetric magnetospheres of Uranus and Neptune -- 5.5. References -- Appendix Web links -- Glossary -- List of Authors -- Index -- EULA. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910555100103321 |
| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The solar system 1 : telluric and giant planets, interplanetary medium and exoplanets / / edited by Thérèse Encrenaz, James Lequeux
| The solar system 1 : telluric and giant planets, interplanetary medium and exoplanets / / edited by Thérèse Encrenaz, James Lequeux |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 pages) |
| Disciplina | 523.2 |
| ISBN |
1-119-88165-X
1-119-88166-8 1-119-88164-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. General Presentation of the Solar System -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Mechanics and dynamics of the Solar System1 -- 1.2.1. Newton's law of gravitation -- 1.2.2. Kepler's laws r -- 1.2.3. Mean motion resonances -- 1.2.4. The N-body problem -- 1.2.5. The role of collisions -- 1.2.6. Migrations in the Solar System -- 1.2.7. The role of gravity in a solid body -- 1.2.8. Special configurations of the Sun-Earth-Moon system -- 1.3. Physics of the Solar System -- 1.3.1. Equilibrium temperature of an object in the Solar System -- 1.3.2. Planets -- 1.3.3. Satellites -- 1.3.4. Small bodies of the Solar System -- 1.3.5. The interplanetary medium2 -- 1.4. References -- 2 Solar and Planetary Systems -- 2.1. The Sun in the Galaxy -- 2.2. Planetary systems in the Galaxy -- 2.3. Interstellar matter¹ -- 2.3.1. History -- 2.3.2. Chemical composition -- 2.3.3. Physical properties -- 2.4. The formation of stars with masses close to that of the Sun -- 2.5. Circumstellar disks -- 2.6. Formation of planetesimals and planetoids -- 2.7. The environment of the Solar System at its birth -- 2.8. Detection and properties of exoplanets and their systems -- 2.8.1. First attempts -- 2.8.2. The unexpected discovery of planets around a pulsar -- 2.8.3. Exoplanet detection methods -- 2.8.4. Some statistical results -- 2.8.5. The diversity of exoplanets -- 2.8.6. Exoplanet atmospheres -- 2.8.7. Habitable planets -- 2.8.8. Some extrasolar planetary systems -- 2.9. References -- 3 The Interaction of Solar System Bodies with the Interplanetary Medium¹ -- 3.1. Interplanetary plasma: origin and properties of the solar wind -- 3.1.1. Coronal expansion -- 3.1.2. The structure of the heliosphere in the ecliptic plane -- 3.1.3. The three-dimensional structure of the heliosphere.
3.1.4. Transient structures of the solar wind -- 3.1.5. The boundaries of the heliosphere -- 3.2. Planetary envelopes -- 3.2.1. Upper planetary atmospheres -- 3.2.2. Planetary magnetic fields -- 3.3. The solar wind's interaction with objects of the Solar System -- 3.3.1. The different types of interaction -- 3.3.2. The case of non-magnetized gaseous envelopes -- 3.3.3. The case of magnetized planets -- 3.3.4. Planetary auroral processes -- 3.4. Acknowledgements -- 3.5. References -- 4 Telluric Planets -- 4.1. The exploration of the telluric planets -- 4.1.1. From antiquity to the space age -- 4.1.2. The beginning of the space age -- 4.1.3. The return to Mars -- 4.1.4. The return to Venus -- 4.1.5. Observations from the ground -- 4.1.6. The exploration of planet Earth -- 4.1.7. Global Climatic Models -- 4.1.8. The electromagnetic spectrum of telluric planets -- 4.2. Objects without an atmosphere: Mercury, the Moon¹ -- 4.2.1. Orbital parameters and macroscopic characteristics -- 4.2.2. Exospheres -- 4.2.3. Internal structure -- 4.2.4. The surfaces of Mercury and the Moon -- 4.2.5. The origin of Mercury and the Moon -- 4.2.6. Mercury's magnetosphere -- 4.3. Objects with an atmosphere (Venus, Earth, Mars) -- 4.3.1. The interior and the magnetic field² -- 4.3.2. The surface³ -- 4.3.3. The atmosphere -- 4.3.4. The satellites of Mars -- 4.4. References -- 5 Giant Planets -- 5.1. The exploration of giant planets -- 5.1.1. From Antiquity to the Space Age -- 5.1.2. Space exploration -- 5.1.3. Exploration from Earth and the terrestrial environment -- 5.1.4. The electromagnetic spectrum of giant planets -- 5.2. The atmosphere of giant planets -- 5.2.1. Atmospheric composition -- 5.2.2. Elemental and isotopic abundance ratios -- 5.2.3. Thermal structure -- 5.2.4. Atmospheric circulation and cloud structure -- 5.2.5. High atmosphere and photochemistry. 5.3. The internal structure of giant planets -- 5.3.1. Experimental data -- 5.3.2. The construction of internal energy models -- 5.3.3. The results -- 5.4. The magnetospheres of the giant planets -- 5.4.1. Jupiter's giant magnetosphere -- 5.4.2. Saturn's symmetrical magnetosphere -- 5.4.3. The asymmetric magnetospheres of Uranus and Neptune -- 5.5. References -- Appendix Web links -- Glossary -- List of Authors -- Index -- EULA. |
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