The Solar System

Astronomy and Astrophysics Library

by Thérèse Encrenaz, Jean-Pierre Bibring, M. Blanc

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.

526 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1989

About the author

Dr. Thérèse Encrenaz is the co-author of Life Beyond Earth. She is is Emeritus Director of research at CNRS and an astrophysicist at LESIA, Paris Observatory.