Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Outer Solar System volume 1046

Cover page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
ISBN 9780816077014......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Foreword......Page 7
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 15
Introduction......Page 16
PART ONE: URANUS AND NEPTUNE......Page 21
1 Uranus: Fast Facts about a Planet in Orbit......Page 23
2 The Interior of Uranus......Page 34
3 Surface Appearance and Conditions on Uranus......Page 44
4 Rings and Moons of Uranus......Page 59
5 Neptune: Fast Facts about a Planet in Orbit......Page 85
6 The Interior of Neptune......Page 98
7 Surface Appearance and Conditions on Neptune......Page 105
8 Neptune’s Rings and Moons......Page 110
PART TWO: PLUTO AND THE KUIPER BELT......Page 127
9 The Discovery of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt......Page 129
10 Pluto: Fast Facts about a Dwarf Planet in Orbit......Page 135
11 What Little Is Known about Pluto’s Interior and Surface......Page 140
12 Charon: Pluto’s Moon, or Its Companion Dwarf Planet?......Page 158
13 The Rest of the Kuiper Belt Population......Page 162
14 The Nice Model for Kuiper Belt Formation......Page 185
PART THREE: BEYOND THE KUIPER BELT......Page 193
15 The Oort Cloud......Page 195
16 Conclusions: The Known and the Unknown......Page 203
APPENDIX 1: Units and Measurements......Page 211
APPENDIX 2: Light, Wavelength, and radiation......Page 224
APPENDIX 3: A List of All Known Moons......Page 234
Glossary......Page 237
Further Resources......Page 248
Index......Page 256