Electrostatic Phenomena on Planetary Surfaces (Second Edition)

Electrostatic phenomena, ubiquitous on Earth, also occur on many planetary bodies of the solar system. This book describes what is known about the electrostatic environment on and near the different planetary surfaces in the solar system based on experiments on Earth, as well as what is being learned from instrumentation on space exploration missions of the last few decades.

The book presents brief reviews of the basic principles in electrostatics as well as of the fundamentals of space rad...