The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System

Richly illustrated with full-color images, this book is a comprehensive, up-to-date description of the planets, their moons, and recent exoplanet discoveries. This second edition of a now classic reference is brought up to date with fascinating new discoveries from 12 recent Solar System missions. Examples include water on the Moon, volcanism on Mercury's previously unseen half, vast buried glaciers on Mars, geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus, lakes of hydrocarbons on Titan, encounter with asteroid Itokawa, and sample return from comet Wild 2. The book is further enhanced by hundreds of striking new images of the planets and moons. Written at an introductory level appropriate for undergraduate and high-school students, it provides fresh insights that appeal to anyone with an interest in planetary science. A website hosted by the author contains all the images in the book with an overview of their importance. A link to this can be found at www.cambridge.org/solarsystem.

ISBN:	9780521198578
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Imprint:	Cambridge University Press
Published date:	03 Mar 2011
DEWEY:	523.2
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xxv, 475
Weight:	2016g
Height:	274mm
Width:	224mm
Spine width:	34mm

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