The Solar System [Paperback]

In this third corrected and revised edition students and lecturers in astronomy and planetary science as well as planet observers will find a mine of up-to-date information on the solar system and its interaction with the interplanetary medium, its various objects, comparative planetology, discussion of questions for further research and future space exploration.

1 General Features of the Solar System.- 2 The Solar System Within the Universe.- 3 Methods of Studying the Solar System.- 4 The Formation of the Solar System.- 5 The Interaction of Solar-System Bodies with the Interplanetary Medium.- 6 The Terrestrial Planets and Their Satellites.- 7 The Asteroids.- 8 The Giant Planets.- 9 Titan.- 10 Bodies Without Atmospheres in the Outer Solar System.- 11 Comets.- 12 New Frontiers.- 13 Interplanetary Dust, Micrometeorites and Meteorites.- 14 New Planetary Systems.- 15 The Search for Life in the Universe.- References.

From the reviews:

This dense text book [...] is a serious review of the physical and chemical structure and evolution of the solar system addressed certainly to students and searchers in astronomy but is also very pleasant to read for a more external reader with some scientific knowledge. (Physicalia 2005, 57, page 215-216)

As a detailed reference to the astronomy and physics of the solar system, I have yet to meet its equal. (R. Feasey, Journal of the Auckland Astronomical Society AAS, May 2005)

From the reviews of the third edition:

This is the third edition of the originally published book in French in 1987. The solar system, planets and satellites, asteroids, comets and interplanetary dust is discussed in a very systematic and quantitative way. & This dense text book & is a serious review of the physical and chemical structure and evolution of the solar system addressed certló„