Exploring the solar system
The exploration of our solar system is one of humanity's greatest scientific achievements. The last fifty years in particular have seen huge steps forward in our understanding of the planets, the sun, and other objects in the solar system. Whilst planetary science is now a mature discipline - involving geoscientists, astronomers, physicists, and others - many profound mysteries remain, and there is indeed still the tantalizing possibility that we may find evidence of life on another planet in our system. Drawing upon the latest results from the second golden age of Solar System exploratio
eBook, English, 2012
Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, West Sussex [England], 2012
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Introduction 1 1 Beginnings 3 2 Sun 23 3 Earth 52 4 The Moon 86 5 Mercury 112 6 Venus 133 7 Mars 156 8 Jupiter 210 9 Saturn 243 10 Uranus 281 11 Neptune 298 12 Pluto and the Kuiper Belt 314 13 Comets, Asteroids and Meteorites 335 14 Exoplanets 379 Appendices 412 Glossary 432 Further Reading 437 Index 450