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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rubin, Alan E. (Alan Edward), 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
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.
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