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Record #172766:
Icy worlds of the solar system / Pat Dasch, ed.
Title: | Icy worlds of the solar system / Pat Dasch, ed. |
Author(s): | Dasch, Pat, Bindschadler, Robert. Butler, Bryan. Owen, Tobias. Mellon, Michael T. Schenk, Paul M. Stansberry, John A. Cruikshank, Dale P. |
Date: | 2004. |
Publisher: | Cambridge: Cambridge University Press |
Abstract: | Accessible examination of occurrence and significance in Solar System of water ice and ices formed by other materials. Discusses results of spacecraft planetary exploration and ground- and space-based observations. Considers implications of reservoirs of water ice for potential for extra terrestrial life and for habitability by human explorers. Chapters cover: The history and significance of ice on Earth; Ice on Mercury and the Moon; How the Earth got its atmosphere; The frozen landscape of Mars; The ice moons of Sol; Triton, Pluto, and beyond; Comets: ice from the beginning of time. |
Keywords: | 551.32 -- Glaciology. 551.324 -- Land ice. 551.321 -- Glaciological methods and instruments. 52 -- Astronomy. 523.4 -- Planets and their satellites. 523.43 -- Mars. 523.41 -- Mercury - planet. 523.3 -- Moon. 523.64 -- Comets. 629.78 -- Spaceflight engineering. 551.322 -- Ice and snow. 551.21 -- Volcanoes. 53.087.23 -- Remote sensing. E13 -- Glaciology: glacioastronomy. |
Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: 551.32 : 52 |
ISBN: | 0521640482 |
SPRI record no.: | 172766 |
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