Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Note on the expression of planetary masses
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The internal structure of the Earth
- 3 Methods for the determination of the dynamical properties of planets
- 4 Equations of state of terrestrial materials
- 5 The Moon
- 6 Mars, Venus and Mercury
- 7 High pressure metals
- 8 Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
- 9 Departures from the hydrostatic state
- 10 Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Limits and conditions on planetary models
- Appendix 2 Combination of effects of small departures from a uniform distribution of density
- Appendix 3 The physical librations of the Moon
- References
- Index
Note on the expression of planetary masses
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Note on the expression of planetary masses
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The internal structure of the Earth
- 3 Methods for the determination of the dynamical properties of planets
- 4 Equations of state of terrestrial materials
- 5 The Moon
- 6 Mars, Venus and Mercury
- 7 High pressure metals
- 8 Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
- 9 Departures from the hydrostatic state
- 10 Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Limits and conditions on planetary models
- Appendix 2 Combination of effects of small departures from a uniform distribution of density
- Appendix 3 The physical librations of the Moon
- References
- Index
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- Interiors of the Planets , pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1980