The outer planets and their moons : comparative studies of the outer planets prior to the exploration of the Saturn system by Cassini-Huygens : volume resulting from an ISSI workshop, 12-16 January 2004, Bern, Switzerland / edited by : T. Encrenaz [and others]
A Comparative Study of the Outer Planets Before the Exploration of Saturn by Cassini/Huygens: Introduction -- Formation and Evolution of the Giant Planets -- Formation of the Outer Planets -- Formation and Composition of Planetesimals -- Formation of the Cores of the Outer Planets -- Structure and Evolution of Giant Planets -- Formation of Giant Planets -- An Attempt in Matching Observational Constraints -- Neutral Atmospheres of the Giant Planets and Their Satellites -- Neutral Atmospheres of the Giant Planets: An Overview of Composition Measurements -- Coupled Clouds and Chemistry of the Giant Planets -- A Case for Multiprobes -- Comparative Study of the Dynamics of the Outer Planets -- Photochemistry in Outer Solar System Atmospheres -- Formation and Evolution of Titan's Atmosphere -- Aerosols on the Giant Planets and Titan -- The Changing Face of Titan's Haze: Is It All Dynamics? -- Io's Atmosphere and Surface-Atmosphere Interactions -- Aurorae and Magnetospheres -- Solar System Magnetospheres -- The Current Systems of the Jovian Magnetosphere and Ionosphere and Predictions for Saturn -- Giant Planet Ionospheres and Thermospheres: The Importance of Ion-Neutral Coupling -- Energetic Particles in the Magnetosphere of Saturn and a Comparison with Jupiter -- Radio Wave Emission from the Outer Planets before Cassini -- Satellites and Rings -- Geology of the Icy Satellites -- Triton, Pluto, Centaurs, and Trans-Neptunian Bodies -- Irregular Satellites in the Context of Planet Formation -- Dynamics and Composition of Rings -- Exo-Astrobiological Aspects of Europa and Titan: From Observations to Speculations
Summary
Aims to review the knowledge on 4 major themes: the study of the formation and evolution processes of the outer planets and their satellites; a study of the atmospheres of the outer planets and Titan; the study of the planetary magnetospheres and their interactions with the solar wind; and the formation and properties of satellites and rings
