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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39464951 Title: The new solar system Author: J Kelly Beatty; Carolyn Collins Petersen; Andrew Chaikin Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Sky Pub., ©1999. ISBN/ISSN: 0933346867 9780933346864 0521641837 9780521641838 0521645875 9780521645874 OCLC:39464951

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The new solar system

Author:	J Kelly Beatty; Carolyn Collins Petersen; Andrew Chaikin
Publisher:	Cambridge ; New York : Sky Pub., ©1999.
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : 4th edView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	Contains twenty-eight essays in which thirty planetary scientists share what has been learned from interplanetary explorations during the last quarter of the twentieth century.
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Subjects	Solar system. Système solaire. Zonnestelsel. View all subjects
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ISBN:	0933346867 9780933346864 0521641837 9780521641838 0521645875 9780521645874
OCLC Number:	39464951
Description:	viii, 421 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Contents:	Exploring the solar system / David Morrison -- Origin of the solar system / John A. Wood -- Sun / Kenneth R. Lang -- Planetary magnetospheres and the interplanetary medium / James A. Van Allen & Frances Bagenal -- Cometary reservoirs / Paul R. Weissman -- Role of collisions / Eugene M. Shoemaker & Carolyn S. Shoemaker -- Mercury / Faith Vilas -- Venus / R. Stephen Saunders -- Planet earth / Don L. Anderson -- Moon / Paul D. Spudis -- Mars / Michael H. Carr -- Surfaces and interiors of the terrestrial planets / James W. Head III -- Atmospheres of the terrestrial planets / Bruce M. Jakosky -- Interiors of the giant planets / William B. Hubbard -- Atmospheres of the giant planets / Andrew P. Ingersoll -- Planetary rings / Joseph A. Burns -- Io / Torrence V. Johnson -- Europa / Ronald Greeley -- Ganymede and Callisto / Robert T. Pappalardo -- Titan / Tobias Owen -- Triton, Pluto, and Charon / Dale P. Cruikshank -- Midsize icy satellites / William B. McKinnon -- Small worlds : patterns and relationships / William K. Hartmann -- Comets / John C. Brandt -- Asteroids / Clark R. Chapman -- Meteorites / Harry Y. McSween Jr. -- Life in the solar system / Gerald A. Soffen -- Other planetary systems / R. Paul Butler.
Responsibility:	edited by J. Kelly Beatty, Carolyn Collins Petersen, Andrew Chaikin.

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