The Solar System
This text treats our knowledge of the solar system from an astrophysical point of view. Part 1 deals with the formation of the solar system and its interaction with the interplanetary medium. Part 2 presents its various objects: planets and satellites, as
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\STRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS LIBRARY I. Appenzeller, Heidelberg, Germany G. Bömer, Garehing, Germany M. A. Dopita, Canberra, Australia M. Harwit, Washington, DC, USA R. Kippenhahn, Göttingen, Germany 1. Lequeux, Paris, France A. Maeder, Sauvemy, Switzerland V. Trimble, College Park, MD, and Irvine, CA, USA
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T. Encrenaz J.-P. Bibring M. Blanc M.-A. Barucci F. Roques Ph. Zarka
The Solar System Third Edition Translated by S. Dunlop With 157 Figures
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Professor Therese Encrenaz Laboratoire de Recherche Spatiale Observatoire de Paris, 5 place Jules Janssen 92195 Meudon, France
Maria-Antonietta Barucci Francoise Roques Philippe Zarka
Jean-Pierre Bibring
LESIA Observatoire de Paris, 5 place Jules Janssen 92195 Meudon, France
Universite Paris XI Laboratoire Rene Bemas 91406 Orsay, France
Translator: Storm Dunlop
Michel Blanc Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees 31400 Toulouse, France
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Cover picture: Artist's impression of the large scale structure of the heliosphere, showing the major boundaries that are presumed to exis!: at the termination shock, the supersonic solar wind flow becomes subsonic; the heliopause separates the solar wind plasma from the interstellar one; the heliospheric bow shock around which the interstellar wind is deflected is analogous to planetary bow shocks inside the heliosphere. Planetary orbits are shown to give an indication of the scale. Approaching a distance of resp. 90 and 70 AU from the Sun after a 25-year journey, neither Voyager 1 nOT Voyager 2 have met the termination shock yet. But when this will happen, the Voyagers will have crossed only about I/lOOOth ofthe distance to which the Sun's gravitational influence extends, out to the Oort's Cloud of cometary nuclei. Translation from the French language edition of Le systeme solaire directed by Therese Encrenaz © 2003 Editions EDP Sciences/CNRS EDITIONS, Paris, France
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