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The Comparative Study of the Planets

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Vulcano (Aeolian Islands), Italy, September 14–25, 1981

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. Angioletta Coradini

    1. Reparto di Planetologia, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale del C.N.R., Rome, Italy

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  2. Marcello Fulchignoni

    1. Reparto di Planetologia, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale del C.N.R., Rome, Italy

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 85)

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Table of contents (37 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Origin, Evolution and Dynamics of the Bodies in the Solar System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Some Remarks on the Formation of Terrestrial Planets

      • A. Coradini, C. Federico, G. Magni
      Pages 3-24

    3. Origin and Evolution of the Giant Planets

      • Peter Bodenheimer
      Pages 25-48

    4. Origin of Regular Satellites

      • Stuart J. Weidenschilling
      Pages 49-59

    5. Ganymede and Callisto:Accumulation Heat Content

      • A. Coradini, C. Federico, P. Lanciano
      Pages 61-70

    6. The Shape of Small Solar System Bodies: Gravitational Equilibrium vs. Solid-State Interactions

      • P. Farinella, F. Ferrini, A. Milani, A. M. Nobili, P. Paolicchi, V. Zappalà
      Pages 71-77

    7. Meteorites and Cosmochemistry

      • G. Turner
      Pages 79-84

    8. Ages of the Solar System: Isotopic Dating

      • G. Turner
      Pages 85-94

    9. Do the Age Differences Given by Relative or Absolute Chronologies of the Most Ancient Meteorites Correspond to Real Age Differences?

      • P. Pellas
      Pages 95-100

    10. Solar System Cratering Chronology and Dating of the Surface Structures of the Terrestrial-Type Planets

      • Gerhard Neukum
      Pages 101-116

    11. The Stability of the Solar System

      • Archie E. Roy
      Pages 117-124

    12. Dynamics of the Asteroids

      • H. Scholl
      Pages 125-130

    13. On the Orbital Evolution of Short-Period Comets Having Low-Velocity Encounters with Jupiter

      • A. Carusi, G. B. Valsecchi
      Pages 131-148

  3. Physics of the Solar System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. The Internal Structure of the Sun, its Pulsations and the Neutrino Problem

      • Lucio Paternò
      Pages 151-160

    3. Heat Transfer and the Development of Internal Structure in the Terrestrial Planets

      • D. C. Tozer
      Pages 161-180

    4. Secular Trends in Polar Motions: A New Tool for Probing the Viscosity of the Lower Mantle

      • R. Sabadini, E. Boschi, D. A. Yuen
      Pages 181-194

    5. High Precision Tracking of Synchronous Satellites for Geophysical Purposes

      • L. Anselmo, B. Bertotti, P. Farinella, A. Milani, A. M. Nobili, F. Sacerdote
      Pages 195-202

    6. Atmospheric Evolution

      • Hans-Jürgen Bolle
      Pages 203-220
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About this book

The volume gathers the prominent works by participants in the NATO Advanced Study Institute, liThe Comparative Study of the Planets", which was held at Vulcano (Aeolian Islands) from September 14 to September 25, 1981. The book is intended to be a landmark for all those inter­ ested in the problems disclosed through the close-up exploration of planets and satellites, either for professional reasons or Simply for scientific knowledge. The topics dealt with concern all methodologies by which the members of the Solar System have been studied and the audience to whom the volume is addressed is, in addition to the experts, mailllly graduate and post-graduate students attending courses in Earth Sciences, Physics and Astro­ nomy. The aim we intend to achieve in editing this volume is to offer to planetologists an overview of the present state of knowledge, using the comparative study of the planets as a basis on which to build the themes treated. We think it is one of the fe, ... publications of this type, which includes all the subjects concerning the study of a planet. We hope we have succeeded in conveying through the book the message which was clearly expressed by the lecturers of the ASI in Vulcano: what counts most at this stage of planetary research is to be able to single out the fun­ damental problems and choose the appropriate set of data to use in approaching these problems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Reparto di Planetologia, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale del C.N.R., Rome, Italy

    Angioletta Coradini, Marcello Fulchignoni

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Comparative Study of the Planets

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Vulcano (Aeolian Islands), Italy, September 14–25, 1981

  • Editors: Angioletta Coradini, Marcello Fulchignoni

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7810-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1982

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1406-0Due: 30 April 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-7812-6Published: 12 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-7810-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 527

  • Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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