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The Planetary System, 3rd edition by David Morrison and Tobias Owen 1 Finding Our Place in Space 1.1 Watching the Sky: Sun, Moon, and Stars 1.2 Watching the Sky: The Planets 1.3 The Slow Growth of Reason 1.4 Newton and the Law of Gravitation 1.5 Escaping from Earth 1.6 The System Revealed 1.7 Quantitative Supplement: Kepler's Laws in Mathematical Form Perspective: Scientific Skepticism 2 The Sun: An Ordinary Star 2.1 The Sun as a Star 2.2 Building Blocks: Atoms and Isotopes 2.3 Composition of the Sun 2.4 The Sun's Energy 2.5 Life History of the Sun 2.6 Solar Activity 2.7 Quantitative Supplement: Radiation Laws 3 Getting to Know Our Neighbors 3.1 Basic Properties: Mass, Size, and Density 3.2 Chemistry of the Planets 3.3 Origin and Classification of Rocks 3.4 Planetary Atmospheres 3.5 Studying Matter from a Distance 3.6 Exploring the Planetary System 4 Meteorites: Remnants of Creation 4.1 The Solar Nebula 4.2 Classification of Meteorites 4.3 Ages of Meteorites and Other Rocks 4.4 Primitive Meteorites 4.5 Differentiated Meteorites 4.6 Meteorite Parent Bodies 4.7 Quantitative Supplement: Radioactive Age Dating 5 Asteroids: Building Blocks of the Inner Planets 5.1 Discovery of the Asteroids 5.2 Main Belt Asteroids 5.3 Asteroids Far and Near 5.4 Asteroids Close Up 5.5 Quantitative Supplement: Asteroid Collisions Perspective: Defending the Earth Against Asteroids 6 Comets: Messengers from the Cold, Dark Past 6.1 Comets Through history 6.2 The Comet's Atmospheres 6.3 Comet Nucleus 6.4 Comet Dust 6.5 Origin and Evolution of Comets 6.6 Quantitative Supplement: Albedos and Temperatures 7 The Moon: Our Ancient Neighbor 7.1 The Face of the Moon 7.2 Expeditions to the Moon 7.3 Impact Cratering 7.4 Early Lunar History 7.5 Lunar Volcanism 7.6 The Surface of the Moon 7.7 Quantitative Supplement: Impact Energies Perpsective: Were the Apollo Landings Faked? 8 The Moon and Mercury: Strange Relatives 8.1 An Elusive Planet 8.2 Tides and Spins 8.3 The Face of Mercury 8.4 Interiors of the Moon and Mercury 8.5 Colliding Planets: Origin of the Moon and Mercury 8.6 Quantitative Supplement: Radar and the Doppler Effect 8.7 Quantitative Supplement: Synodic Period 9 The Earth: Our Home Planet 9.1 Earth as a Planet 9.2 The Earth's Interior 9.3 The Changing Face of the Earth 9.4 Plate Tectonics: A Unifying Hypothesis 9.5 Ocean and Atmosphere 9.6 Upper Atmosphere and Magnetosphere 9.7 Climate and Weather 10 Venus: Earth's Exotic Twin 10.1 Unveiling the Goddess of Beauty 10.2 The Atmosphere and the Greenhouse Effect 10.3 Weather on Venus 10.4 The Hidden Landscape 10.5 Craters and Tectonics 10.6 Volcanoes and Planet-Scale Convulsions 10.7 On the Searing Surface 10.8 Quantitative Supplement: The Greenhouse Effect 11 Mars: The Planet Most Like Earth 11.1 A Century of Changing Perceptions 11.2 Global Perspective 11.3 View from the Surface 11.4 Volcanoes and Tectonic Features 11.5 Martian Channels 11.6 The Polar Regions 11.7 The Martian Atmosphere Perspective: The Face on Mars 12 Planets, Atmospheres, and Life 12.1 Life on Earth 12.2 Co-Evolution of the Planet and Life 12.3 Comparing the Planets 12.4 The Search for Life on Mars Perspective: Planetary Protection 12.5 Early Mars: What Went Wrong? 12.6 Goldilocks and the Three Planets 12.7 Quantitative Supplement: Atmospheric Escape Perspective: The New Science of Astrobiology 13 Jupiter and Saturn: The Biggest Giants 13.1 Mission to the Giant Planets 13.2 Internal Structure of Two Fluid Planets 13.3 Atmospheric Composition and Structure 13.4 Weather and Climate 13.5 Clouds, Colors, and Chemistry 13.6 Magnetospheres and Radio Broadcasts 13.7 Quantitative Supplement: Building a Giant Planet 14 In Deep Freeze: Planets We Cannot See 14.1 Discoveries of the Outer Planets 14.2 Three Distant Worlds 14.3 Atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune 14.4 Climate, Clouds, and Weather 14.5 Magnetospheres 14.6 Pluto and its Moon 14.7 Quantitative Supplement: Discovering a Planet Perspective: Is Pluto a Real Planet? 15 Worlds of Fire and Ice: The Large Satellites 15.1 Satellites, Impact Craters and Surface Ages 15.2 Callisto and Ganymede: The Icy Moons 15.3 Europa, the Moon with an Ocean 15.4 Io, the Volcanic Moon 15.5 Titan, the Atmspheric Moon 15.6 Triton, Neptune's Maverick Moon 15.7 Comparing the Large Satellites Perspective: Exploration Science 16 Small Satellites and Planetary Rings 16.1 Satellite and Ring Systems 16.2 The Satellite Zoo 16.3 The Broad Bright Rings of Saturn 16.4 The Narrow Dark Rings of Uranus and Neptune 16.5 The Origin of Rings and Small Satellites 16.6 Quantitative Supplement: The Tidal Stability Limit 17 Origin of the Planetary System 17.1 Basic Properties of the Planetary System 17.2 The Life of a Star 17.3 The Problem of Angular Momentum 17.4 Evolution of the Disk: Condensation, Accretion, and Dissipation 17.5 Terrstrial Planets and the Importance of Impacts 17.6 Giant Planets and Their Rings and Moons 17.7 Quantitative Supplement: Angular Momentum in the Solar Nebula 18 Distant Worlds 18.1 The Search for Planetary Systems 18.2 Meeting Brave New Worlds 18.3 The Challenge to Standard Models 18.4 Seeking Other Earths 18.5 Life in Other Planetary Systems 18.6 The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence 18.7 Quantitative Supplement: Motions in Planetary Systems Perspective: UFOs and Ancient Astronauts: A Modern Myth
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