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Dwarf Planets
Earth's Origin
Habitable Zones
Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Kuiper Belt
Mars: Possible Life
Telescopes: Space-Based

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Solar System

Editors: David G. Fisher and Richard R. Erickson
   Lycoming College, Department of Astronomy
ISBN: 978-1-58765-530-2
List Price: $364

July 2009 · 3 volumes · 1,056 pages · 8"x10"

Solar System
Contents by Category

The Cosmological Context (13)
Big Bang
Cosmic Rays
Cosmology
Electromagnetic Radiation: Nonthermal Emissions (new)
Electromagnetic Radiation: Thermal Emissions (new)
General Relativity
Interstellar Clouds and the Interstellar Medium
Milky Way
Space-Time
Space-Time Distortion by Gravity
Universe: Evolution
Universe: Expansion
Universe: Structure

Earth (25)
Auroras
Earth-Moon Relations (new)
Earth-Sun Relations
Earth System Science
Earth's Age
Earth's Atmosphere
Earth's Composition
Earth's Core
Earth's Core-Mantle Boundary
Earth's Crust
Earth's Crust-Mantle Boundary: The Mohorovicic Discontinuity (new)
Earth's Differentiation
Earth's Magnetic Field: Origins
Earth's Magnetic Field: Secular Variation
Earth's Magnetic Field at Present
Earth's Magnetosphere
Earth's Mantle
Earth's Oceans
Earth's Origin
Earth's Rotation
Earth's Shape
Earth's Structure
Eclipses
Greenhouse Effect
Van Allen Radiation Belts

The Jovian System (7)
Jovian Planets
Jupiter's Atmosphere
Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Jupiter's Interior (new)
Jupiter's Magnetic Field and Radiation Belts
Jupiter's Ring System (new)
Jupiter's Satellites

Life in the Solar System (5)
Extraterrestrial Life in the Solar System
Habitable Zones (new)
Life's Origins
Mars: Possible Life (new)
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) (new)

Mars (11)
Mars: Illusions and Conspiracies (new)
Mars: Possible Life (new)
Mars: Surface Experiments (new)
Mars's Atmosphere
Mars's Craters
Mars's Polar Caps
Mars's Satellites
Mars's Valleys
Mars's Volcanoes
Mars's Water
Meteoroids from the Moon and Mars (new)

Mercury (1)
Mercury

Natural Planetary Satellites (24)
Callisto (new)
Enceladus (new)
Eris and Dysnomia (new)
Europa
Ganymede (new)
Iapetus (new)
Io
Jupiter's Satellites
Lunar Craters
Lunar History
Lunar Interior (new)
Lunar Maria
Lunar Regolith Samples
Lunar Rocks
Lunar Surface Experiments (new)
Mars's Satellites
Miranda (new)
Neptune's Satellites (new)
Planetary Satellites
Pluto and Charon
Saturn's Satellites
Titan (new)
Triton (new)
Uranus's Satellites (new)

Neptune (6)
Neptune's Atmosphere (new)
Neptune's Great Dark Spots (new)
Neptune's Interior (new)
Neptune's Magnetic Field (new)
Neptune's Ring System (new)
Neptune's Satellites (new)

Planets and Planetology (62). See also Earth
Dwarf Planets (new)
Earth-Moon Relations (new)
Earth-Sun Relations
Extrasolar Planet Detection Methods (new)
Extrasolar Planetary Systems
Impact Cratering
Jovian Planets
Jupiter's Atmosphere
Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Jupiter's Interior (new)
Jupiter's Magnetic Field and Radiation Belts
Jupiter's Ring System (new)
Jupiter's Satellites
Mars: Illusions and Conspiracies (new)
Mars: Possible Life (new)
Mars: Surface Experiments (new)
Mars's Atmosphere
Mars's Craters
Mars's Polar Caps
Mars's Satellites
Mars's Valleys
Mars's Volcanoes
Mars's Water
Mercury
Nemesis and Planet X
Neptune's Atmosphere (new)
Neptune's Great Dark Spots (new)
Neptune's Interior (new)
Neptune's Magnetic Field (new)
Neptune's Ring System (new)
Neptune's Satellites (new)
Planetary Atmospheres
Planetary Classifications (new)
Planetary Formation
Planetary Interiors
Planetary Magnetospheres
Planetary Orbits
Planetary Orbits: Couplings and Resonances
Planetary Ring Systems
Planetary Rotations
Planetary Satellites
Planetary Tectonics (new)
Planetology: Comparative
Planetology: Comparison of Venus, Earth, and Mars (new)
Pluto and Charon
Saturn's Atmosphere
Saturn's Interior (new)
Saturn's Magnetic Field
Saturn's Ring System
Saturn's Satellites
Terrestrial Planets (new)
Uranus's Atmosphere (new)
Uranus's Interior (new)
Uranus's Magnetic Field (new)
Uranus's Rings (new)
Uranus's Satellites (new)
Uranus's Tilt (new)
Venus's Atmosphere
Venus's Craters (new)
Venus's Surface Experiments
Venus's Surface Features
Venus's Volcanoes (new)

The Saturnian System (6)
Saturn's Atmosphere
Saturn's Interior (new)
Saturn's Magnetic Field
Saturn's Ring System
Saturn's Satellites

Scientific Methods (13)
Archeaostronomy (new)
Coordinate Systems
Earth System Science
Gravity Measurement
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
Infrared Astronomy
Neutrino Astronomy
Optical Astronomy
Radio Astronomy
Telescopes: Ground-Based
Telescopes: Space-Based
Ultraviolet Astronomy
X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Small Bodies (16)
Asteroids
Ceres (new)
Comet Halley
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (new)
Comets
Dwarf Planets (new)
Eris and Dysnomia (new)
Kuiper Belt (new)
Meteorites: Achondrites
Meteorites: Carbonaceous Chondrites
Meteorites: Chondrites
Meteorites: Nickel-Irons
Meteorites: Stony Irons
Meteoroids from the Moon and Mars (new)
Meteors and Meteor Showers
Oort Cloud (new)
Pluto and Charon

The Solar System as a Whole (9)
Earth's Origin
Earth-Moon Relations (new)
Earth-Sun Relations
Eclipses
Interplanetary Environment (new)
Kuiper Belt (new)
Oort Cloud (new)
Solar System: Element Distribution
Solar System: Origins

The Stellar Context (14)
Stars and Extrasolar Phenomena
Brown Dwarfs
Gamma-Ray Bursters
Main Sequence Stars
Novas, Bursters, and X-Ray Sources
Nuclear Synthesis in Stars
Protostars (new)
Pulsars
Red Dwarf Stars (new)
Red Giant Stars
Stellar Evolution
Supernovae
Thermonuclear Reactions in Stars
White and Black Dwarfs

The Sun (20)
Coronal Holes and Coronal Mass Ejections (new)
Earth-Sun Relations
Solar Chromosphere (new)
Solar Corona
Solar Evolution (new)
Solar Flares
Solar Geodetics
Solar Infrared Emissions
Solar Interior (new)
Solar Magnetic Field
Solar Photosphere (new)
Solar Radiation
Solar Radio Emissions (new)
Solar Seismology
Solar Structure
Solar Ultraviolet Emissions
Solar Variability (new)
Solar Wind
Solar X-Ray Emissions
Sunspots

Uranus (6)
Uranus's Atmosphere (new)
Uranus's Interior (new)
Uranus's Magnetic Field (new)
Uranus's Rings (new)
Uranus's Satellites (new)
Uranus's Tilt (new)

Venus (5)
Venus's Atmosphere
Venus's Craters (new)
Venus's Surface Experiments
Venus's Surface Features
Venus's Volcanoes (new)


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