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Collisional Processes in the Solar System

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Mikhail Ya. Marov

    1. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Moscow, Russia

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  2. Hans Rickman

    1. Astronomical Observatory, Uppsala, Sweden

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 261)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Size-Frequency Distributions of Planetary Impact Craters and Asteroids

    • B. A. Ivanov, G. Neukum, R. Wagner
    Pages 1-34

  3. The Meteoroidal Influx to the Earth

    • ZdenÄ›k Ceplecha
    Pages 35-50

  4. The Impact Record on Asteroid Surfaces

    • W. F. Bottke Jr., R. Greenberg
    Pages 51-71

  5. Cometary Dynamics

    • Harold F. Levison, Martin J. Duncan
    Pages 73-90

  6. Variable Oort Cloud Flux due to the Galactic Tide

    • John J. Matese, Kimmo A. Innanen, Mauri J. Valtonen
    Pages 91-102

  7. Galactic Triggering of Periodic Comet Showers and Mass Extinctions on Earth

    • Michael R. Rampino
    Pages 103-120

  8. The Role of Non-Gravitational Forces in Decoupling Orbits from Jupiter

    • D. J. Asher, M. E. Bailey, D. I. Steel
    Pages 121-130

  9. The Cometary Contribution to Planetary Impact Rates

    • H. Rickman, J. A. Fernández, G. Tancredi, J. Licandro
    Pages 131-142

  10. Physical Properties of Planet Crossing Objects

    • David Jewitt, Yanga Fernandez
    Pages 143-161

  11. Distant Comet Observations

    • K. J. Meech, O. R. Hainaut
    Pages 163-172

  12. Long-Term Orbital Evolution of Protoplanets

    • Keiko Yoshinaga, Eiichiro Kokubo, Junichiro Makino
    Pages 173-180

  13. Accretional Origin of the Giant Planets and its Consequences

    • Wing-Huen Ip, Julio A. Fernández
    Pages 181-201

  14. N-Body Simulations of Moon Accretion

    • S. Ida, E. Kokubo, T. Takeda
    Pages 203-222

  15. Volatile Inventory and Early Evolution of the Planetary Atmospheres

    • Mikhail Ya. Marov, Sergei I. Ipatov
    Pages 223-247

  16. From the Interstellar Medium to Planetary Atmospheres via Comets

    • Tobias C. Owen, Akiva Bar-Nun
    Pages 249-264

  17. Dust Influx to Titan from Hyperion

    • Alexander V. Krivov, Marek Banaszkiewicz
    Pages 265-276

  18. Collisional Effects in the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt

    • Donald R. Davis, Paolo F. Farinella
    Pages 277-286

  19. In Memoriam: Paolo Farinella

    • Mikhail Ya. Marov, Hans Rickman
    Pages 287-288

  20. Origin and Evolution of Near Earth Asteroids

    • A. Morbidelli
    Pages 289-302
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The exploration of our Solar System is rapidly growing in importance as a scientific discipline. During the last decades, great progress has been achieved as the result of space missions to planets and small bodies - as­ teroids and comets - and improved remote-sensing methods, as well as due to refined techniques of laboratory measurements and a rapid progress in theoretical studies, involving the development of various astrophysical and geophysical models. These models are based, in particular, on the approach of comparative planetology becoming a powerful tool in revealing evolu­ tionary processes which have been shaping the planets since their origin. Comets and asteroids, being identified as remnants of planetary formation, serve as a clue to the reconstruction of Solar System history because they encapsulated the primordial material from which the planets were built up. At the same time, these interplanetary carriers of original matter and mes­ sengers from the past, being triggered by dynamical processes well outside our neighboring space, were responsible for numerous catastrophic events when impacting on the planets and thus causing dramatic changes of their natural conditions. In the crossroads of astronomy and geophysics, recent years have seen a growing understanding of the importance of collisional processes through­ out the history of the Solar System and, therefore, the necessity to get more insight into the problem of interactions of planets and small bodies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Moscow, Russia

    Mikhail Ya. Marov

  • Astronomical Observatory, Uppsala, Sweden

    Hans Rickman

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