Planetary Systems Now

Author : Luisa M Lara
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1800613156
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Planetary Systems Now written by Luisa M Lara and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2023-03-23 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planetary Systems Now offers a broad, interdisciplinary perspective and introduction to the latest results from leading experts in each field. It offers an unusually wide range of research on topics both inside and outside of the solar system, as well as the most recent results from ongoing ground- and space-based investigations. Experts in their field come together in this volume to discuss solar system exploration with its most recent space missions, theories and evidence concerning planetary system formation, and the nature and formation of exoplanets and exoplanetary systems.Including both questions and answers, this book is intended to be a readable, heavily-illustrated stepping-off point for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scientists beginning research in planetary and exoplanetary science topics.

Author : Stephen Eales
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470016922
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Planets and Planetary Systems written by Stephen Eales and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-08-03 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planetary Science is an exciting, fast-moving, interdisciplinary field with courses taught in a wide range of departments, including astronomy, physics, chemistry, earth sciences and biology. Planets and Planetary Systems is a well-written, concise introductory textbook on the science of planets within our own and other solar systems. Keeping mathematics to a minimum, assuming only a rudimentary knowledge of calculus, the book begins with a description of the basic properties of the planets in our solar systems, and then moves on to compare them with what is known about planets in other solar systems. It continues by looking at the surfaces, interiors and atmospheres of the planets and then covers the dynamics and origin of planetary systems. The book closes with a look at the role of life in planetary systems. · An accessible, concise introduction to planets and planetary systems · Uses insights from all the disciplines underlying planetary science · Incorporates results from recent planetary space missions, such as Cassini to Saturn and a number of missions to Mars · Well illustrated throughout, including a colour plate section Planets and Planetary Systems is invaluable to students taking courses in planetary science across a wide range of disciplines and of interest to researchers and many keen amateur astronomers, needing an up-to-date introduction to this exciting subject.

Author : Raymond T. Pierrehumbert
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192577948
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Planetary Systems: A Very Short Introduction written by Raymond T. Pierrehumbert and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not long ago, the Solar System was the only example of a planetary system - a star and the bodies orbiting it - that we knew. Now, we know thousands of planetary systems, and have even been able to observe planetary systems at the moment of their birth. This Very Short Introduction explores this new frontier, incorporating the latest research. The book takes the reader on a journey through the grand sweep of time, from the moment galaxies begin to form after the Big Bang to trillions of years in the future when the Universe will be a dilute soup of dim galaxies populated mostly by red dwarf stars. Throughout, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert introduces the latest insights gained from a new generation of telescopes that catch planetary systems at the moment of formation, and to the theoretical advances that attempt to make sense of these observations. He explains how the elements that make up life and the planets on which life can live are forged in the interiors of dying stars, and make their way into rocky planets. He also explores the vast array of newly discovered planets orbiting stars other than our own, and explains the factors that determine their climates. Finally, he reveals what determines how long planetary systems can live, and what happens in their end-times. Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : David Morrison
Publisher : Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Planetary System written by David Morrison and published by Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-authors Morrison and Owen are leading researchers in planetary astronomy today, and this book reflects their expertise and excitement for the subject. Drawing on recent findings, this authoritative, up-to-date book gives a straightforward account of our solar system. Written in an informal style with minimal use of mathematics, this book is ideal for beginning non-science readers.Since publication of the previous edition ofThe Planetary System, the pace of planetary exploration and new discoveries has accelerated. Also, the new multidisciplinary field of astrobiology has emerged and now provides a fruitful perspective for the study of the origin, evolution, and distribution of life within our solar system and other planetary systems. As scientists who have participated in the definition and development of astrobiology, Morrison and Owen have integrated these new perspectives, as well as many other discoveries, into this new edition to make it once again undisputedly the most authoritative, up-to-date, and exciting planetary book available.For anyone interested in astronomy or planetary astronomy.

Author : Solar System Exploration Division
Publisher : University Press of the Pacific
ISBN 13 : 9781410224163
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tops written by Solar System Exploration Division and published by University Press of the Pacific. This book was released on 2005 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, several lines of scientific investigation have converged to bring into sharp focus our understanding of the solar system. Intensive observations by spacecraft and other means, combined with extraordinary laboratory analytical methods and theoretical investigations, are beginning to paint an intelligible picture of our solar system's history, the mechanisms of its development, and the relationship between the formation of our Sun and its associated planets. Astronomical observations are providing important new information about the processes that give birth to stars and about the conditions in star-forming regions and around very young stars that might be conducive to establishing planetary systems. This progress leads naturally to a new line of inquiry: the discovery and characterization of planetary systems around other stars. This report describes a general plan and the pertinent technological requirements for TOPS (Toward Other Planetary Systems), a staged program to ascertain the prevalence and character of other planetary systems and to construct a definitive picture of the formation of stars and their planets. The first stages focus on discovering and studying a significant number of fully formed planetary systems, as well as expanding current studies of protoplanetary systems. As the TOPS Program evolves, emphasis will shift toward intensive study of the discovered systems and of individual planets. Early stages of the TOPS Program can be undertaken with ground-based observations and space missions comparable in scale to those now being performed. In the long term, however, TOPS will become an ambitious program that challenges our capabilities and provides impetus for major space initiatives and new technologies, which will be accomplishments of historical significance.

Author : United States. Office of Space Science and Applications. Solar System Exploration Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book TOPS, Toward Other Planetary Systems written by United States. Office of Space Science and Applications. Solar System Exploration Division and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : A. Brahic
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 910 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Formation Des Systèmes Planétaires written by A. Brahic and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dale P. Cruikshank
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 081653831X
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discovering Pluto written by Dale P. Cruikshank and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discovering Pluto is an authoritative account of the exploration of Pluto and its moons, from the first inklings of tentative knowledge through the exciting discoveries made during the flyby of the NASA New Horizons research spacecraft in July 2015. Co-author Dale P. Cruikshank was a co-investigator on the New Horizons mission, while co-author William Sheehan is a noted historian of the Solar System. Telling the tale of Pluto’s discovery, the authors recount the grand story of our unfolding knowledge of the outer Solar System, from William Herschel’s serendipitous discovery of Uranus in 1781, to the mathematical prediction of Neptune’s existence, to Percival Lowell’s studies of the wayward motions of those giant planets leading to his prediction of another world farther out. Lowell’s efforts led to Clyde Tombaugh’s heroic search and discovery of Pluto—then a mere speck in the telescope—at Lowell Observatory in 1930. Pluto was finally recognized as the premier body in the Kuiper Belt, the so-called third zone of our Solar System. The first zone contains the terrestrial planets (Mercury through Mars) and the asteroid belt; the second, the gas-giant planets Jupiter through Neptune. The third zone, holding Pluto and the rest of the Kuiper Belt, is the largest and most populous region of the solar system. Now well beyond Pluto, New Horizons will continue to wend its lonely way through the galaxy, but it is still transmitting data, even today. Its ultimate legacy may be to inspire future generations to uncover more secrets of Pluto, the Solar System, and the Universe.

Author : Asit B. Bhattacharya
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498762077
Total Pages : 567 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Solar Planetary Systems written by Asit B. Bhattacharya and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors have put forth great efforts in gathering present day knowledge about different objects within our solar system and universe. This book features the most current information on the subject with information acquired from noted scientists in this area. The main objective is to convey the importance of the subject and provide detailed information on the physical makeup of our planetary system and technologies used for research. Information on educational projects has also been included in the Radio Astronomy chapters.This information is a real plus for students and educators considering a career in Planetary Science or for increasing their knowledge about our planetary system.

Author : Raymond T. Pierrehumbert
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198841124
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Planetary Systems written by Raymond T. Pierrehumbert and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-08 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes the reader on a journey through time and space, exploring how planetary systems such as ours form and evolve, and the conditions under which life may arise. Not long ago, the Solar System was the only example of a planetary system that we knew. Now, we know of thousands of planetary systems, and have even been able to observe the moment of their birth. This book reveals the astonishing variety of planetary systems out there. It explores the insights gained about these other worlds from a new generation of telescopes. --