Screen LibraryOn the origin of planets : by means of natural simple processes /
The book begins with a historical review of four major theories for the origin of the Solar System in particular, or of planets in general, which highlight the major problems that need to be solved by any plausible theory. In many theories, including that which form the major theme of this book, the...
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Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.,
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| Publisher Address: | London : Singapore : |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/P732#t=toc |
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The book begins with a historical review of four major theories for the origin of the Solar System in particular, or of planets in general, which highlight the major problems that need to be solved by any plausible theory. In many theories, including that which form the major theme of this book, the formation of planets and stars is intimately linked, so four chapters are devoted to the processes that can be described as the birth, life and death of stars. Recent observations that have revealed the existence of planets around many Sun-like stars are described in detail, followed by a clear e |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xliii,454pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781848166004 (electronic bk.) |
| CLC: | P185 |
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1. Observations of stars. 1.1. Locations of stars. 1.2. Stellar material. 1.3. Determining the distances of stars. 1.4. The temperature of stars. 1.5. Stellar radii. 1.6. Estimating stellar masses. 1.7. The physical properties of main-sequence stars. 1.8. Stellar spin rates 1.9. Summary -- 2. Producing protostars - embryonic stars. 2.1. Star-forming regions. 2.2. The formation of dense cool clouds. 2.3. Maser emission from star-forming regions. 2.4. The process of protostar formation. 2.5. The formation of binary systems. 2.6. Modelling the collapse of a cloud. 2.7. The spin of stars. 2.8. S 10. Features of the solar system. 10.1. The planets. 10.2. Satellites. 10.3. Dwarf planets and the Kuiper Belt. 10.4. Asteroids. 10.5. Comets. 10.6. Summary -- 11. Interactions between planets. 11.1. The precession of planetary orbits. 11.2. Close interactions of planets and the tilts of spin axes. 11.3. The problem of the terrestrial planets. 11.4. Deuterium and the major planets. 11.5. Earth and Venus. 11.6. Summary -- 12. The moon. 12.1. The Earth-moon relationship. 12.2. Satellites of the colliding planets. 12.3. Features of the moon. 12.4. The hemispherical asymmetry of the moon. 12.5. |