id="uee5672d7-7196-5ff9-be68-e38b84a31fe6">
Table of Contents
1 Cover
4 Preface
5 1 Satellites and Rings of the Giant Planets 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Jupiter’s satellites 1.3. Saturn’s satellites 1.4. The satellites of Uranus and Neptune 1.5. The rings 1.6. References
6 2 Comets, Asteroids, and Dwarf Planets 2.1. Comets 2.2. The “historical” asteroids 2.3. The “new” asteroids 2.4. The dwarf planets 2.5. References
7 3 Meteorites and Cosmochemistry 3.1. Rocks falling from the sky 3.2. Origin of meteorites 3.3. Planetary differentiation and groups of meteorites 3.4. Chondrites and the origin of the Solar System 3.5. Differentiated meteorites 3.6. Witnesses to the formation and evolution of the Solar System 3.7. References
8 4 Formation and Dynamic History of the Solar System 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Laws of motion of the planets and satellites 4.3. The two-body problem 4.4. The three-body problem 4.5. Perturbations and resonances 4.6. Stability and chaos in the Solar System 4.7. Orbits in relation to a flattened body 4.8. Tidal effect 4.9. Nongravitational forces and orbits of small bodies 4.10. Formation of planetary systems 4.11. References
9 5 Origin of Life and Extraterrestrial Life 5.1. Definition of life 5.2. The appearance of life on Earth 5.3. Life elsewhere in the Solar System 5.4. How can life be detected on exoplanets? 5.5. Communicating with other civilizations? 5.6. References
10 6 Methods for Studying the Solar System 6.1. History 6.2. Observational techniques 6.3. Computer simulations 6.4. References
11 Appendix
12 Glossary
13 List of Authors
14 Index
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1. Main satellites of the Solar system at scale (source: Wikimedia Comm...Figure 1.2. Ocean worlds in the Solar system. The mass of the water in liquid or...Figure 1.3. The Galilean satellites of Jupiter, aspects of their surface and the...Figure 1.4. Io. For a color version of this figure, see www.iste.co.uk/encrenaz/...Figure 1.5. Models of the interior of Europa with the presence of a liquid or ic...Figure 1.6. (a) Global geographical map of Ganymede; (b) mosaic of images of Gan...Figure 1.7. A diagram of the lunar system of Saturn and its system of rings. Abo...Figure 1.8. (a) The atmosphere of Titan; (b) the temperature profile measured by...Figure 1.9. Seasonal variations in the temperature and composition of Titan duri...Figure 1.10. The surface of Titan and some of the major discoveries made by the ...Figure 1.11. The surface of Enceladus seen by Cassini, with the “tiger stripes” ...Figure 1.12. (a) Mass spectrum of a plume on Enceladus and (b) a model of its in...Figure 1.13. Natural satellites of the giant planets and other non-planetary obj...Figure 1.14. Drawings of Saturn by different