The Cambridge Photographic Guide to the Planets

The Cambridge Photographic Guide to the Planets contains a selection of the latest and most interesting images of the planets, moons, comets and asteroids of our Solar System. The book begins with a general introduction to the planetary system, its origin and evolution. Each subsequent chapter is devoted to a different planet or solar system body, and contains a comprehensive introduction to the body, and its moons and rings where relevant. This is followed by a selection of carefully chosen images from planetary missions, with explanatory captions. The author provides an authoritative description of what these images reveal and the puzzles that they pose for scientists. This photographic guide will be of interest to anybody with a fascination of the planets, from the amateur to the professional astronomer.

ISBN 0521781833   Pages 316 ISBN13 9780521781831 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Weight (grammes) 1547 Imprint Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Format Hardback   Height (mm) 276 Publication date 15 Nov 2001   Width (mm) 219 Library of Congress QB605 .T39 2001   Spine width (mm) 27 DEWEY 523.40222   Academic level General, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

		Preface
		Introduction		1
		Origin of the Solar System		3
		Formation of the planets		5
		Evolution of the planets		8
		The surfaces of solid planets		11
		The atmospheres of the planets		18
		Life in the Solar System		25
		Mercury		27
		Venus		49
		Volcanic features		56
		Tectonic features		57
		Impact craters		58
		The atmosphere of Venus		60
		Atmospheric dynamics		61
		Earth and moon		91
		The Moon		100
		Mars		131
		Interior and shape		132
		Terrain types		134
		Volcanism		135
		Canyons and channels		137
		The polar regions		140
		Surface composition		143
		Evolutionary history		144
		Atmospheric composition		146
		Weather and climate		148
		Life?		152
		Asteroids and comets		177
		Comets		180
		The Jovian System		197
		The moons of Jupiter		204
		The Saturnian System		237
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'Taylor has produced a useful and fascinating book that I can recommend to anyone interested in the planets.' C. R. Kitchin, Astronomy Now 'Asteroids, comets and meteorites provide the basis for theories about how the more highly processed, bigger objects of the solar system came to be, and Taylor covers this territory well.' Martin Ince, Times Higher Education Supplement 'This photographic guide will be of interest to anybody with a fascination for the planets, from the amateur to the professional astronomer.' Richard Taylor, Spaceflight '... a family album of revealing photographs of our many previously unseen and mysterious neighbors ... an arresting reminder of the stunning collection of photos and photo mosaics that have been amassed from 30 years of solar-system exploration and a compelling record of the journeys of Pathfinder, Galileo, Magellan, Clementine, and the rest of man's team of continuing explorers.' Brian Anderson, Lunar and Planetary Information

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