| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 288 pages) |
| Series |
Space science, exploration and policies |
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Space science, exploration and policies series.
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| Contents |
SPACE SCIENCE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS; SPACE SCIENCE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; RESEARCH ON AERODYNAMICS OF LARGE BOLIDES ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; CRUSHING OF METEORIC BODIES ; BOLIDES WITH THE MODERATE VALUES OF MASS LOSS PARAMETER; ENTRANCE INTO ATMOSPHERE OF THE TUNGUSKA SPACE BODY; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; SOLAR DYNAMICS AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL INFLUENCES ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; A BRIEF HISTORICAL OVERVIEW ; Sunspots and Solar Rotation ; Sunspot Cycle ; Sunspots and Geomagnetic Storms ; Sunspots and Climate |
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SOLAR ACTIVITY AND TEMPERATURE IN THE 11-YEAR SUNSPOT CYCLE Historical Compilation ; Data ; Results ; Secular Cycle of North-South Solar Activity Asymmetry ; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ; Atmospheric Circulation and Earth's Rotation ; SOLAR ROTATION AND EARTH'S ROTATION ; Solar Rotation ; SOLAR WIND AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN THE SOLAR ROTATION AND THE EARTH'S ROTATION ; Solar Rotation in Positive and Negative Polarity Cycles; Earth's Rotation in Positive and Negative Polarity Cycles ; Solar Wind in Positive and Negative Polarity Cycles; SOLAR WIND AND THE SOLAR MAGNETIC FIELD |
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Interplanetary Magnetic Field and Solar Photospheric Field Solar Photospheric Field and the Earth's Rotation ; Interplanetary Magnetic Field and Solar Equatorial Rotation ; Interplanetary Magnetic Field and the Latitudinal Gradient of Solar Rotation ; DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION AND GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCES; Geoeffectiveness of Different Solar Drivers ; Differential Rotation and Helicity ; Reversed (Anti-solar) Differential Rotation ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES; GEOLOGY OF THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS WITH IMPLICATIONS TO ASTROBIOLOGY AND MISSION DESIGN; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION |
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SPACECRAFT RECONNAISSANCE OF THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS GEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS ; Mercury ; Venus ; Earth ; The Moon ; Mars; ASTROBIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS ; Mercury ; Venus ; Earth ; Moon ; Mars ; PROPOSED MISSION DESIGNS AND SCENARIOS ; CONCLUSIONS ; REFERENCES ; THE ORIGIN OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF PULSARS AND THE GRAVITOMAGNETIC THEORY ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; EMISSION MODELS OF PULSARS ; MAGNETIC FIELD DEPENDENCE OF BRAKING INDICES ; MAGNETIC FIELD FROM GRAVITO-ELECTROMAGNETIC ORIGIN ; OBSERVATIONAL DATA ; BRAKING INDICES FOR SOME YOUNG PULSARS |
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CONCLUSION ACKNOWLEDGMENT ; REFERENCES ; PALEOSHORELINES AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE LITHOSPHERE OF MARS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; PALEOSHORELINES ; Elevations Range along Deuteronilus, Arabia, and Meridiani Shorelines; Water Volumes in the Ancient Oceans ; Re-evaluation of Paleoshorelines ; Elevation Ranges along Paleoshorelines and Vertical Movements of the Lithosphere ; THERMAL ISOSTASY AND THERMAL EVOLUTION OF THE LITHOSPHERE ; Thermal Isostasy ; Temperature Profiles ; Parameter Values ; Deformation of Paleoshorelines ; Ancient Heat Flow Variations ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Space sciences -- Research
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SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
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Space sciences -- Research
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Henderson, Jonathan C
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Bradley, Jennifer M
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| ISBN |
9781621000495 |
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1621000494 |
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