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

by I.P. Williams (Editor), N. Thomas (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540425595
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	01/10/2002
Series:	Lecture Notes in Physics , #577
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

— 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.