Origin and evolution of planetary and satellite atmospheres
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
Similar Records
Orbital perturbations of the Galilean satellites during planetary encounters
EFFECTS OF DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION OF GIANT PLANETS ON THE DELIVERY OF ATMOPHILE ELEMENTS DURING TERRESTRIAL PLANET FORMATION
Related Subjects
GENERAL PHYSICS
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
PLANETARY EVOLUTION
SATELLITE ATMOSPHERES
ASTEROIDS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
COMETS
COSMIC GASES
COSMOCHEMISTRY
EARTH PLANET
INTERSTELLAR GRAINS
INTERSTELLAR SPACE
JUPITER PLANET
MARS PLANET
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MERCURY PLANET
MORPHOLOGY
NEPTUNE PLANET
ORIGIN
PLANET-SYSTEM ACCRETION
PLUTO PLANET
SATURN PLANET
SOLAR SYSTEM
URANUS PLANET
VENUS PLANET
ATMOSPHERES
CHEMISTRY
FLUIDS
GASES
PARTICLES
PLANETS
SOLAR SYSTEM EVOLUTION
SPACE
640107* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Planetary Phenomena