Both the high level of activity in worldwide space exploration programmes and the discovery of extra-solar planets have spurred renewed interest in the physics and evolution dynamics of solar systems. The present book has grown out of a set of lectures by leading experts in the field within the framework of the well-known EADN summer schools. It addresses primarily graduate students and young researchers but will be equally useful for scientists in search of a comprehensive tutorial account that goes beyond the material found in standard textbooks.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Solar and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems. - The Solar System: An Overview. - Setting the Scene: A Star Formation Perspective. - Extrasolar Planets: A Review of Current Observations and Theory. - The Giant Planets. - The Formation of Planets. - Dynamics of the Solar System. - Photometry of Resolved Planetary Surfaces. - Mercury Goals for a Future Mission. - Physical Processes Associated with Planetary Satellites. - Light Scattering in the Martian Atmosphere: Effects on Surface Photometry. - The Small Bodies of the Solar System. - Dust in the Solar System and in Other Planetary Systems. - Meteors, Meteor Showers and Meteoroid Streams.
