ABSTRACT

Since the publication of the popular first edition, stellar and planetary scientists have produced numerous new observations, theories, and interpretations, including the "demotion" of our former ninth planet Pluto as a dwarf planet. Covering all of these new discoveries, Planetary Science: The Science of Planets around Stars, Second Edition explai

chapter 1|6 pages

Unity of the Universe

chapter 2|16 pages

The Sun and Other Stars

chapter 3|12 pages

The Planets

chapter 4|44 pages

The Terrestrial Planets

chapter 5|16 pages

The Major Planets

chapter 6|20 pages

The Moon

chapter 7|22 pages

Satellites and Rings

chapter 8|10 pages

Asteroids

chapter 9|14 pages

Comets and the Kuiper Belt

chapter 10|22 pages

Meteorites

chapter 11|4 pages

Dust in the Solar System