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Role of sample return in addressing major questions in planetary sciences

Mahesh Anand, Editor | [S.l.] : Kluwer Academic Publishers | Space science series of ISSI | 2020

In the past 50 years, our understanding of the origin and evolution of the Solar System has grown exponentially, in large part due to the availability of meteorites and the success of sample return missions. This book contains fourteen papers, e[...]

Remote and robotic investigations of the solar system

Christopher R. Kitchin, Author | Boca Raton, Florida ; London ; New York : CRC Press | 2017

"The purpose of this book is to explain how our present knowledge of solar system objects, other than the Sun, has been obtained. Detailed and comprehensive descriptions of the scientific methods used to obtain that knowledge are generally diffi[...]

Remote and robotic investigations of the solar system

Christopher R. Kitchin, Author | Boca Raton, Florida ; London ; New York : CRC Press | 2017

"The purpose of this book is to explain how our present knowledge of solar system objects, other than the Sun, has been obtained. Detailed and comprehensive descriptions of the scientific methods used to obtain that knowledge are generally diffi[...]

E-resource

Encyclopedia of the solar system

T. Spohn, Editor ; Doris Breuer, Editor ; T. V. Johnson, Editor | [S.l.] : Elsevier | 2014

The encyclopedia includes the latest explorations and observations, hundreds of color digital images and illustrations, and over 1,000 pages. It stands alone as the definitive work in this field, and will serve as a modern messenger of scientifi[...]

The solar system

Michael A. Seeds, Author ; Dana E. Backman, Author | Boston, MA : Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning | 2013

The Cambridge guide to the solar system

Kenneth R. Lang | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2011

This work provides a description of the planets and their moons. The books begins with an introduction to the history of planetary observation and discovery. The major planets and their moons are then introduced by presenting common properties, [...]

E-resource

At the edge of the solar system : icy new worlds unveiled

Alain Doressoundiram ; Emmanuel Lellouch | New York, NY : Springer | 2010

Wonders of the solar system

Brian Cox, Author | London (United Kingdom) : BBC Worldwide Ltd | 2010

Explores some of the most amazing features of our very own solar system, how the forces of nature carved out beauty and order from the chaos of space, how our home planet doesn't sit in magnificent isolation but is intimately connected with the [...]

Physics and chemistry of the solar system

John S. Lewis | [S.l.] : Elsevier Academic Press | International geophysics series | 2004

The Cambridge guide to the solar system

Kenneth R. Lang | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2003