Disturbing the solar system : impacts, close encounters, and coming attractions /

The solar system has always been a messy place in which gravity wreaks havoc. Moons form, asteroids and comets crash into planets, ice ages commence, and dinosaurs disappear. By describing the dramatic consequences of such disturbances, this authoritative and entertaining book reveals the fundamenta...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rubin, Alan E. (Alan Edward), 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002.
Temas:
Gravity.
Catastrophes (Geology)
Life on other planets.
Gravitation
Catastrophes (Géologie)
Gravité.
Vie extraterrestre.
SCIENCE / Astronomy
Accretion (astrophysics).
Antimatter.
Aristarchus (crater).
Astrobiology.
Astronomer.
Astronomy.
Astrophysics.
Binary star.
Canyon Diablo (meteorite).
Carbon dioxide.
Carbonaceous chondrite.
Chondrite.
Chondrule.
Comet.
Cosmic Background Explorer.
Cosmic dust.
Cosmic ray.
Crater chain.
Debris disk.
Discovery and exploration of the Solar System.
Earth's magnetic field.
Exoplanet.
Extinction event.
Extraterrestrial life.
Formation and evolution of the Solar System.
Galactic Center.
Geologist.
Giant planet.
Giant-impact hypothesis.
Gravity anomaly.
Heliocentrism.
Hubble Space Telescope.
Impact crater.
Impact event.
Impact structure.
Incompatible element.
Iridium anomaly.
Iron meteorite.
Jupiter.
Kara crater.
Lunar eclipse.
Lunar mare.
Lunar meteorite.
Magnetic anomaly.
Magnetic field.
Magnetosphere.
Martian meteorite.
Mesosiderite.
Meteor Crater.
Meteor shower.
Meteorite.
Meteoroid.
Microorganism.
Molecular cloud.
Moon rock.
Nebular hypothesis.
Neutron star.
Nuclear explosion.
Nuclear fusion.
Nuclear reaction.
Occultation.
Oort cloud.
Orbit.
Orbital eccentricity.
Orbital period.
Origin of the Moon.
Orion Nebula.
Panspermia.
Planet.
Planetary body.
Planetary nebula.
Planetary surface.
Planetary system.
Planetesimal.
Polarity reversal (seismology).
Projectile.
Radiation damage.
Radiation pressure.
Radioactive decay.
Radionuclide.
Rings of Saturn.
Rubble pile.
Runaway greenhouse effect.
Saturn.
Sediment.
Shock metamorphism.
Silicate.
Small Solar System body.
Solar System.
Solar eclipse.
Solar flare.
Solar mass.
Spacecraft.
Spiral galaxy.
Supernova.
Tektite.
Uranus.
Urey (crater).
Van Allen radiation belt.
Volcanism.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part 1: Overview of the Solar System
  • I. A Brief History of the Solar System
  • II. Where Are We? The Location of the Solar System
  • III. Heat Sources
  • Part 2: Earth and Moon
  • IV. The Magnetic Earth
  • V. Ice Ages
  • VI. Origin of the Moon
  • Part 3: Small Bodies, Impacts, and Rings
  • VII. Asteroids and Meteorites
  • VIII. What Heated the Asteroids?
  • IX. Mesosiderites: Biography of a Shocked and Melted Asteroid
  • X. Meteor Crater
  • XI. The Lunar Crater Controversy-a Brief Retelling
  • XII. Dinosaurs and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction
  • XIII. Recent Impacts: Tunguska to Shoemaker-Levy 9
  • XIV. Tektites: A Glass Menagerie
  • XV. Rings and Shepherds
  • Part 4: Life beyond Earth
  • XVI. The Search for Life on Mars
  • XVII. Panspermia
  • XVIII. Paucity of Aliens
  • XIX. Human Response to First Contact
  • Epilogue
  • Glossary
  • Additional Reading
  • Index.

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