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- A. Fridman was the first to explain planetary rings
- This is the first textbook (even the first monograph) on this subject
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (AAL)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
"The book will become essential reading for all researchers into the diverse ring systems of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune."
Irish Astronomical Journal, 2000
Authors and Affiliations
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Institute of Astronomy RAS, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Alexei M. Fridman
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Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Alexei M. Fridman
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Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA
Nikolai N. Gorkavyi
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Physics of Planetary Rings
Book Subtitle: Celestial Mechanics of Continuous Media
Authors: Alexei M. Fridman, Nikolai N. Gorkavyi
Series Title: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03918-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1999
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-64864-2Published: 02 July 1999
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08437-9Published: 01 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-03918-2Published: 17 April 2013
Series ISSN: 0941-7834
Series E-ISSN: 2196-9698
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 437
Topics: Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics