Preface |
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Chapter 1 Satellites and Rings of the Giant Planets |
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1.2.1 The Galilean satellites |
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1.2.2 The minor Jovian satellites |
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19 | (11) |
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1.3.3 The other icy satellites |
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1.3.4 Challenges for future missions in the Saturn system and Dragonfly |
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1.4 The satellites of Uranus and Neptune |
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1.4.1 The satellites of Uranus |
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1.4.2 The satellites of Neptune |
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1.4.3 Future exploration of the icy giant planets' systems |
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1.5.1 Tidal forces and the Roche limit |
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46 | (1) |
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1.5.2 Flattening and ring dispersion |
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48 | (3) |
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51 | (1) |
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1.5.7 The rings of small bodies |
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53 | (3) |
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56 | (3) |
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1.5.9 The origin of the rings |
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Chapter 2 Comets, Asteroids, and Dwarf Planets |
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2.1.1 Definition and nomenclature |
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66 | (5) |
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2.1.2 The orbits and families of the comets |
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2.1.4 Space exploration of the comets |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (18) |
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2.1.8 The chemical diversity of the comets: a relationship to their origins? |
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2.1.9 The interaction of comets with solar wind |
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2.2 The "historical" asteroids |
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2.2.1 The asteroids in the main belt |
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114 | (3) |
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2.2.2 The asteroids that cross the orbit of the terrestrial planets |
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2.2.3 The Trojan asteroids |
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2.2.4 The properties of asteroids |
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120 | (9) |
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2.3.2 Trans-Neptunian objects |
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2.3.3 Interstellar objects |
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2.3.4 The origin and evolution of the asteroids |
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139 | (13) |
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140 | (4) |
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2.4.2 Pluto and its satellites |
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2.4.3 Eris, Haumea, and Makemake |
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149 | (3) |
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152 | (5) |
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Chapter 3 Meteorites and Cosmochemistry |
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3.1 Rocks falling from the sky |
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162 | (3) |
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3.3 Planetary differentiation and groups of meteorites |
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165 | (4) |
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3.4 Chondrites and the origin of the Solar System |
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169 | (15) |
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3.4.1 The chemical composition of chondrites |
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170 | (3) |
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3.4.2 The mineralogy of chondrites |
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3.4.3 The isotopic characteristics of bulk meteorites |
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180 | (4) |
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3.5 Differentiated meteorites |
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184 | (11) |
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3.5.1 Fragments of the asteroid Vesta |
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184 | (3) |
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187 | (3) |
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190 | (1) |
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3.5.4 Fragments of the planet Mars |
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191 | (4) |
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3.6 Witnesses to the formation and evolution of the Solar System |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (8) |
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Chapter 4 Formation and Dynamic History of the Solar System |
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205 | (52) |
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4.2 Laws of motion of the planets and satellites |
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207 | (5) |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Newton's fundamental laws of dynamics |
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209 | (2) |
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4.2.4 The orbital elements |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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4.4 The three-body problem |
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213 | (4) |
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4.4.1 Jacobi constant and Lagrange points |
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214 | (1) |
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4.4.2 Tadpole and horseshoe orbits |
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215 | (1) |
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216 | (1) |
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4.5 Perturbations and resonances |
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217 | (1) |
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4.6 Stability and chaos in the Solar System |
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218 | (2) |
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4.7 Orbits in relation to a flattened body |
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220 | (3) |
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223 | (4) |
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224 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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4.9 Nongravitational forces and orbits of small bodies |
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227 | (4) |
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4.9.1 Radiation pressure (micrometer-sized grains) |
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227 | (2) |
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4.9.2 Poynting-Robertson effect (small macroscopic particles) |
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229 | (1) |
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4.9.3 The Yarkovsky Effect (meter to kilometer-sized particles) |
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230 | (1) |
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4.9.4 Yorp torque (asymmetric bodies) |
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4.9.5 Friction from solar particles (submicrometer dust) |
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4.10 Formation of planetary systems |
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4.10.1 A disk of planetoids |
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233 | (1) |
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4.10.2 Formation of terrestrial planets |
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4.10.3 Formation of Jupiter |
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235 | (2) |
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4.10.4 Formation of giant planets by core accretion |
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237 | (2) |
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4.10.5 Formation by disk instability |
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239 | (1) |
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4.10.6 Disappearance of the gas |
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240 | (3) |
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4.10.7 Catastrophic collisions |
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243 | (2) |
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245 | (1) |
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4.10.9 Planetary migration |
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246 | (3) |
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4.10.10 Fate of the small bodies |
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249 | (3) |
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4.10.11 Exoplanetary formation |
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252 | (3) |
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255 | (2) |
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Chapter 5 Origin of Life and Extraterrestrial Life |
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257 | (20) |
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257 | (1) |
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5.2 The appearance of life on Earth |
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258 | (10) |
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5.2.1 Physicochemical conditions |
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258 | (2) |
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5.2.2 The first forms of life |
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260 | (5) |
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5.2.3 The formation of living cells |
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265 | (3) |
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5.3 Life elsewhere in the Solar System |
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268 | (6) |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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5.3.3 Satellites of the giant planets |
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271 | (3) |
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5.4 How can life be detected on exoplanets? |
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274 | (1) |
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5.5 Communicating with other civilizations? |
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275 | (1) |
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Chapter 6 Methods for Studying the Solar System |
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277 | (50) |
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277 | (3) |
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6.2 Observational techniques |
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280 | (34) |
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280 | (11) |
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6.2.2 Methods of space exploration |
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291 | (12) |
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6.2.3 Virtual Observatory and databases |
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303 | (3) |
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6.2.4 Perspectives of ground-based and space observations |
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306 | (8) |
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314 | (10) |
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314 | (5) |
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6.3.2 Global climate models |
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319 | (5) |
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324 | (3) |
Appendix Web links |
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327 | (2) |
Glossary |
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List of Authors |
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Index |
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