The Solar System
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More than ever, planetology is a science in full development. The year 1989 has seen two important achievements: the exploration of Mars by the Phobos spacecraft, and the encounter of Neptune and its satellite Triton by the Voyager 2 probe. The first event marked the beginning of a new Mars exploration program, which will hopefully lead to a Martian return sample mission within the next fifteen years. The exploration of Venus will continue with Magellan, just launched by NASA. The second event ends the first stage of the space exploration of the giant planets. It has demonstrated the amazing variety of the objects encountered - planets, rings and satellites - which reflect the variety and the complexity of their formation and evolution processes. The next era in outer solar system exploration has just started with the launch of the Galileo mission, which will explore Jupiter and its Galilean satellites in 1995-1996. Hopefully, more and more ambitious missions will follow, in a fully international cooperative effort. The Cassini mission will be devoted to the Saturn system, with special emphasis on its satellite Titan. The space exploration of the small bodies will continue with rendezvous missions to cometary nuclei - in particular the CRAF mission (Comet Rendez-vous and Asteroidal Fly-by) - and possibly, asteroids, in preparation for the ultimate Comet Nucleus Sample Return mission, planned for the beginning of the next century. On the other hand, interplanetary medium studies will greatly benefit from the Ulysses and Soho-Cluster missions.
Over the last decade many exciting observations have helped to reshape our understanding of the solar system and planetary science. In the third corrected and revised edition of this classic on the astrophysics of our solar system, students and lecturers in astronomy and planetary science as well as planet observers will find a mine of up-to-date information. Solar System treats our knowledge of the solar system from an astrophysical point of view. Part 1 deals with its formation and interaction with the interplanetary medium. Part 2 presents its constituents: planets and satellites, asteroids, comets, trans-Neptunian objects and interplanetary dust. The final sections on extrasolar planetary systems and on the search for life in the Universe round off this accessible and timely introduction.
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From the reviews:
"This dense text book [...] is a serious review of the physical and chemical structure and evolution of the solar system addressed certainly to students and searchers in astronomy but is also very pleasant to read for a more external reader with some scientific knowledge." (Physicalia 2005, 57, page 215-216)
"As a detailed reference to the astronomy and physics of the solar system, I have yet to meet its equal." (R. Feasey, Journal of the Auckland Astronomical Society AAS, May 2005)
From the reviews of the third edition:
"This is the third edition of the originally published book in French in 1987. The solar system, planets and satellites, asteroids, comets and interplanetary dust is discussed in a very systematic and quantitative way. … This dense text book … is a serious review of the physical and chemical structure and evolution of the solar system addressed certainly to students and searchers in astronomy but is also very pleasant to read for a more external reader with some scientific knowledge." (Laurent Favart, Physicalia, Vol. 57 (3), 2005)
"Originally published in 1987, at just over 500 pages, the third edition of this hardcover text has been translated from its native French by Storm Dunlop. … it is not a picture book designed to catch the eye, but a serious review of the physical and chemical structure and evolution of the solar system. As a detailed reference to the astronomy and physics of the solar system, I have yet to meet its equal. … A highly recommended reference book." (Roger Feasey, Journal of the Auckland Astronomical Society, May, 2005)
"This book, originally appeared in French in 1987 … . It is a good book for those intending to increase their knowledge on modern planetology. … This volume offers a nice journey inside the solar system and closes with a brief account on the search for life in the Universe. … The volume ends with a series of references for each chapter together with an alphabetic index for a quick item search. The book is accessible to many researchers and postgraduate students." (M. Storini, Bollettino della Società Italiana di Fisica, Vol. 28 (1), 2005)
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