Origin and evolution of planetary and satellite atmospheres

Book · Sat Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5508766

Atreya, S K; Pollack, J B; Matthews, M S

The present volume on the origin and evolution of planet and satellite atmospheres discusses the chemistry of interstellar gas and grains, planetary accretion, cometary composition, the inventories of asteroid volatiles, key similarities and differences among the terrestrial planets' atmospheric compositions, and planets' atmospheric escape and water loss. Also discussed are planetary atmosphere-planetary interior evolutionary coupling, the atmospheric composition of the outer planets, the structure and composition of giant planet interiors, the tenuous atmosphere of Io, the sources of the atmospheres of the outer solar system's satellites, the present state and chemical evolution of the Titan, Triton, and Pluto atmospheres, and the thermal structure and heat balance of the outer planets.

• OSTI ID: 5508766
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640107* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Planetary Phenomena
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ASTEROIDS
ATMOSPHERES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMISTRY
COMETS
COSMIC GASES
COSMOCHEMISTRY
EARTH PLANET
FLUIDS
GASES
INTERSTELLAR GRAINS
INTERSTELLAR SPACE
JUPITER PLANET
MARS PLANET
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MERCURY PLANET
MORPHOLOGY
NEPTUNE PLANET
ORIGIN
PARTICLES
PLANET-SYSTEM ACCRETION
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
PLANETARY EVOLUTION
PLANETS
PLUTO PLANET
SATELLITE ATMOSPHERES
SATURN PLANET
SOLAR SYSTEM
SOLAR SYSTEM EVOLUTION
SPACE
URANUS PLANET
VENUS PLANET