An Explorer's Guide to the Universe Series: The Outer Solar System: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and the Dwarf Planets

Publisher Britannica Digital Learning

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Britannica Digital Learning

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Copyright

2010

ISBN13

9781615300518

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - 12th Grade

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Overview

Beyond Earth's small, red neighbor Mars lie the gaseous, giant planets of the Outer Solar System. This book investigates these behemoths and dwarf planet Pluto, as well as other curiosities within the solar system's farthest reaches, such as asteroid fields and the Kuiper belt.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Introduction.
1: Asteroids.
2: Major Milestones in Asteroid Research.
3: Bode's Law.
4: Later Advances in Asteroid Studies.
5: Geography of the Asteroid Belt.
6: Names and Orbits of Asteroids.
7: Distribution and Kirkwood Gaps.
8: Near-Earth Asteroids.
9: Main-Belt Asteroid Families.
10: Hungarias and Outer-Belt Asteroids.
11: Trojan Asteroids.
12: Asteroids in Unusual Orbits.
13: The Difference between Asteroids and Comets.
14: Measuring Asteroids.
15: Size and Albedo.
16: Classification of Asteroids.
17: Rotation and Shape.
18: Mass and Density.
19: Composition.
20: Asteroid Taxonomic Classes.
21: Spacecraft Exploration.
22: Origin and Evolution of the Asteroids.
23: Notable Asteroids.
24: Ceres.
25: Eros.
26: Geographos.
27: Hermes.
28: Icarus.
29: Pallas.
30: Vesta.
31: Meteors and Meteorites.
32: Basic Features of Meteors.
33: Meteor Showers.
34: Meteorites: Surviving Atmospheric Entry.
35: Measurement of Meteoroid Orbits.
36: Reservoirs of Meteoroids in Space.
37: Directing Meteoroids to Earth.
38: Meteorites.
39: Recovery of Meteorites.
40: Types of Meteorites.
41: Association of Meteorites with Asteroids.
42: The Ages of Meteorites and Their Components.
43: Cosmic-Ray Exposure Ages of Meteorites.
44: Meteorites and the Formation of the Early Solar System.
45: Meteorite Craters.
46: The Impact-Cratering Process.
47: Variations in Craters Across the Solar System.
48: Meteorite Craters as Measures of Geologic Activity.
49: Meteoritics.
50: Notable Meteorites.
51: Allende Meteorite.
52: Ensisheim Meteorite.
53: Murchison Meteorite.
54: Orgueil Meteorite.
55: Jupiter.
56: Basic Astronomical Data.
57: Planetary Data for Jupiter.
58: The Atmosphere.
59: Nature of the Great Red Spot.
60: Cloud Composition.
61: Atmospheric Characteristics.
62: The Magnetic Field and Magnetosphere.
63: The Auroras.
64: The Interior.
65: Jupiter's Moons and Ring.
66: The Galilean Satellites.
67: Other Sat
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An Explorer's Guide to the Universe Series: The Outer Solar System: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and the Dwarf Planets

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