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1 online resource |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
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Advances in geophysics ; 63
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| Contents |
Front Cover -- Geophysical Exploration of the Solar System -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction to special issue -- References -- 2 Seismology in the solar system -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mercury -- 2.1 Potential scientific goals -- 2.2 Seismicity -- 2.3 Mission perspectives -- 3 Venus -- 3.1 Potential scientific goals -- 3.2 Seismicity -- 3.3 Mission perspectives -- 4 Moon -- 4.1 Potential scientific goals -- 4.2 Seismicity -- 4.3 Mission perspectives -- 5 Mars -- 5.1 Potential scientific goals -- 5.2 Mission perspectives -- 6 Phobos and Deimos -- 6.1 Potential scientific goals -- 6.2 Mission perspectives -- 7 Ceres -- 7.1 Potential scientific goals -- 7.2 Seismicity -- 7.3 Mission perspectives -- 8 Jupiter and Saturn -- the giant planets -- 8.1 Potential scientific goals -- 8.2 Mission perspectives -- 9 Io -- 9.1 Potential scientific goals -- 9.2 Seismicity -- 9.3 Mission perspectives -- 10 Europa -- 10.1 Potential scientific goals -- 10.2 Seismicity -- 10.3 Mission perspectives -- 11 Ganymede and Callisto -- 11.1 Potential scientific goals -- 11.2 Seismicity -- 11.3 Mission perspectives -- 12 Titan -- 12.1 Potential scientific goals -- 12.2 Seismicity -- 12.3 Mission perspectives -- 13 Enceladus -- 13.1 Potential scientific goals -- 13.2 Seismicity -- 13.3 Mission perspectives -- 14 The Uranus and Neptune system -- 14.1 Potential scientific goals -- 14.2 Seismicity -- 14.3 Mission perspectives -- 15 Interstellar objects -- 15.1 Potential scientific goals -- 15.2 Seismicity -- 15.3 Mission perspectives -- 16 Lessons learned from Insight -- 16.1 Scattering -- 16.2 Timing -- 16.3 Bandwidth -- 17 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Planetary core radii: from Plato towards PLATO -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Why are cores interesting? -- 1.2 Structure of this work -- 2 Methods: evaluation of the literature. |
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3 Ye olden days: early and earliest history -- 3.1 The subsurface world in mythology and early natural philosophy -- 3.2 Celestial bodies in early natural philosophy -- 3.3 At the dawning of the age of science -- 4 Core radii of Earth, Moon, and Mars -- 4.1 Earth -- 4.2 Moon -- 4.3 Mars -- 5 Exoplanets -- 5.1 Observational constraints -- 5.2 Interior structure of exoplanets -- 5.2.1 Mass-radius relationships -- 5.2.2 Tidal parameters -- 5.3 Simplified model ``exoplanet'' -- 6 Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4 Interior dynamics and thermal evolution of Mars -- a geodynamic perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geodynamic modeling and thermal evolution of Mars -- 3 Crustal thickness estimates, partial melting, and the thermal state of the lithosphere -- 4 Mantle dynamics, seismic velocities variations, and tidal dissipation -- 5 Core radius estimates and their implications for the interior dynamics -- 6 Seismogenic layer thickness and the present-day seismicity -- 7 Conclusions and future work -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5 Tidal insights into rocky and icy bodies: an introduction and overview -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Viscoelasticity -- 2.1 General aspects -- 2.2 Constitutive equation -- 2.3 Maxwell -- 2.4 Burgers and extended Burgers -- 2.5 Andrade -- 2.6 Sundberg-Cooper -- 2.7 Power-law approximation -- 2.8 Rescaling for different values of the temperature, pressure, and grain size -- 3 Tidal and thermal evolution in planetary systems -- 3.1 Tidal evolution -- 3.2 Tidal-thermal evolution coupling -- 4 Tidal potential, Love numbers, and tidal response -- 4.1 Static tides -- 4.2 Actual situation: time-dependent tides -- 4.3 Complex Love numbers -- 4.4 Quality function of a homogeneous celestial body -- 4.5 Layered bodies -- 5 Tides as a probe of the deep interior -- 5.1 Mercury -- 5.2 Venus -- 5.3 The Moon -- 5.4 Mars. |
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5.5 Moons of giant planets -- 5.6 Tidal signature on planetary surfaces -- 6 Summary and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Back Cover. |
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Solar system.
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Outer space -- Exploration.
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Exploration of outer space
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Outer space
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| Other Form: |
Original 0443186987 9780443186981 (OCoLC)1320807766 |
| ISBN |
9780443186998 (electronic bk.) |
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0443186995 (electronic bk.) |
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0443186987 |
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9780443186981 |
| Standard No. |
UKMGB 020660823 |
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AU@ 000072729252 |
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AU@ 000074355430 |
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