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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Abstract; Motivation; Scope of Textbook; The Chapters of This Book; Basic Concepts; A Word About Asteroid Names; Chapter 2: Common Characteristics of Airless Bodies; Abstract; Major Features and Phenomena Found on Airless Bodies; What's Lacking on Airless Bodies; Features and Phenomena That Pose a More Complex Picture; Ice and Volatiles; Chapter 3: Rethinking the Airless Bodies; Abstract; Early History of the Exploration of Rocky Airless Bodies; Our Changing Paradigms; Summary |
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Chapter 4: Data and TechniquesAbstract; The Age of Rock Samples; The Age of Rocky Surfaces; Boulders; Optical Maturity; Determining the Composition of Rocky Surfaces; Summary; Chapter 5: Comparing Sample and Remote-Sensing Data-Understanding Surface Composition; Abstract; The Importance of Comparing Data Sets; Terrestrial Analogs; Bulk Density: Implications for Surface Composition, Interior Structure, and Volatile Content; Meteorites; Interplanetary Dust Particles; Sample Collection Missions; Morphological Imaging; Asteroid Spectral Classes; Optical Maturity; Summary |
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Chapter 6: Space WeatheringAbstract; What is Space Weathering?; The Problem of Space Weathering; The Processes of Space Weathering; Inclusions in Grains and Space Weathering; Space Weathering on Low-Albedo Surfaces; Space Weathering at Other Wavelengths; Sulfur and Space Weathering; Shock Darkening; Solar Wind Implantation and Plasma Interactions; Dating Surfaces With Space Weathering; "Resetting" Space Weathering Effects; Summary; Chapter 7: The Creation of Regolith and Soils-Impact Cratering and Other Processes; Abstract; Definitions; Importance of Regolith |
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Impact Events and Crater FormationBoulders; Gardening; The Megaregolith; Thermal Fracturing; Lag Deposits; Depth and Retention of Regolith; Summary; Chapter 8: Regolith and Dust: Movement and Transport; Abstract; Introduction; Cohesion; Emplacement and Mixing of Impact Ejecta; Downslope Movement of Regolith; Asteroid Regolith "Ponds"; Electrostatic Effects and Levitation; Summary; Chapter 9: Orbital Considerations; Abstract; Basics of Celestial Mechanics; Orbit Changes From "Surface Processes"; Summary; Chapter 10: Volatiles: Origin and Transport; Abstract; Definitions |
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Origin of Volatiles: Where Does an Airless Body Get Volatiles?Detecting Volatiles on Airless, Rocky Bodies; Volatile Transport; Retention of Volatiles: How Do Airless Bodies Keep Volatiles?; Volatile Losses: How Do Airless Bodies Lose Volatiles?; Volatiles on Specific Airless Worlds; Summary; Chapter 11: Unusual Processes and Features; Abstract; Introduction; More About Asteroid Families; The Phobos and Deimos Dust Tori; Transient Lunar Phenomena; Resurfacing by Tides and Temperatures; Infall at Vesta; Irregular Mare Patches, Ahuna Mons, and Ceres' Faculae; Lunar Swirls; Pits and Pit Craters |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, Oct. 22, 2018) |
| Subject |
Planetary science -- Popular works
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SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
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Planetary science
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| SUBJECT |
Solar system -- Popular works
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| Subject |
Solar system
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rivkin, Andrew S., author.
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| ISBN |
9780128092828 |
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0128092823 |
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