Planets: ours and other from earth to exoplanets/
Therese Encrenaz.
- New Jersey : World Scientific, 2013.
- xviii, 187p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
1. How to explore planets -- The earth in space -- Telescopic observations -- Observations from space -- Searching for exoplanets -- 2. The birth of planets -- A formation within a disk -- A common scenario in the Universe -- What is the age of the solar system? -- The main steps of planetary formation -- Telluric planets and giant planets -- Between the two families of planets: asteroids -- Pluto and the transneptunian objects -- 3. Exploring planet Earth -- Rocks and metals: a differentiated internal structure -- A terrestrial singularity: plate tectonics -- Formation of terrestrial relief: the isostasy principle -- Our natural environment: the terrestrial atmosphere -- The water cycle: another specificity of Earth -- Between the Earth and space, the magnetosphere -- A brief history of the Earth's climate -- The Earth-Moon couple: a double system -- The Earth, a unique planet ... -- 4. The neighbors of the Earth -- Closest to the Sun, Mercury -- A Moon that looks like Mercury -- Venus, the furnace -- Mars, a desert word -- Comparative evolution of terrestrial planets: the role of water -- 5. A little further, the giant planets -- Two classes of giant planets -- From Jupiter to Neptune: four decades of exploration -- The outer satellites -- 6. Exoplanets, the new worlds -- A long quest marked with failures -- Fifteen years later, the situation -- The formation of planetary systems -- How to classify exoplanets? -- From detection to characterization -- 7. Searching for habitable worlds -- A new discipline, astrobiology -- Life elsewhere in the solar system? -- Life on exoplanets? -- Searching for inhabited worlds.