Solar System Astrophysics Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar
Solar System Astrophysics opens with coverage of the atmospheres, ionospheres and magnetospheres of the Earth, Venus and Mars and the magnetosphere of Mercury. The book then provides an introduction to meteorology and treating the physics and chemistry of
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Eugene F. Milone William J.F.Wilson
Solar System Astrophysics Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System
Series Editors:
G. B¨orner, Garching, Germany A. Burkert, M¨unchen, Germany W. B. Burton, Charlottesville, VA, USA and Leiden, The Netherlands M. A. Dopita, Canberra, Australia A. Eckart, K¨oln, Germany T. Encrenaz, Meudon, France E. K. Grebel, Heidelberg, Germany B. Leibundgut, Garching, Germany J. Lequeux, Paris, France A. Maeder, Sauverny, Switzerland V. Trimble, College Park, MD, and Irvine, CA, USA
Eugene F. Milone and William J. F. Wilson
Solar System Astrophysics Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System
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Eugene F. Milone Dept. Physics & Astronomy University of Calgary, Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 Canada [email protected]
Willam J. F. Wilson Dept. Physics & Astronomy University of Calgary, Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 Canada [email protected]
Cover Illustration: “Mysterium Cosmographicum” by David Mouritsen Library of Congress Control Number: 2007933183 Astronomy and Astrophysics Library Series ISSN 0941-7834 ISBN: 978-0-387-73156-8 ISBN: 978-0-387-73153-7 (set)
e-ISBN: 978-0-387-73157-5
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Preface
This work is appearing in two parts because its mass is the result of combining detailed exposition and recent scholarship. Book I, dealing mainly with the inner solar system, and Book II, mainly on the outer solar system, represent the combined, annually updated, course notes of E. F. Milone and W. J. F. Wilson for the undergraduate course in solar system astrophysics that has been taught as part of the Astrophysics Program at the University of Calgary since the 1970s. The course, and so the book, assumes an initial course in astronomy and first-year courses in mathematics and physics. The relevant concepts of mathematics, geology, and chemistry that are required for the course are introduced within the text itself. Solar S
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