The Solar System 2

External Satellites, Small Bodies, Cosmochemistry, Dynamics, Exobiology

James Lequeux editor Thérèse Encrenaz editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:ISTE Ltd

Published:4th Jan '22

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

The Solar System 2 cover

This book presents a global and synthetic vision of planetology – the study of objects in the Solar System. In the past several decades, planetology has undergone a real revolution, marked in particular by the discovery of the Kuiper belt beyond Neptune, the discovery of extrasolar planets, and also by the space exploration of ever more distant objects. Today, it is at the crossroads of many disciplines: astronomy, geophysics, geochemistry and biology.

The Solar System 2 studies the outer Solar System: satellites and rings of giant planets, small bodies and dwarf planets. It also deals with meteorites and cosmochemistry, as well as the formation and dynamics of the Solar System. It addresses the question of the origin of life and extraterrestrial life, and presents all of the methods in the study of planetology.

ISBN: 9781789450347

Dimensions: 10mm x 10mm x 10mm

Weight: 454g

368 pages

2nd edition