Small Bodies in Planetary Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mann, Ingrid. (Editor), Nakamura, Akiko. (Editor), Mukai, Tadashi. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 758
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76935-4

The small bodies in planetary systems are indicative of the material evolution, the dynamical evolution and the presence of planets in a system. Recent astronomical research, space research, laboratory research and numerical simulations have brought a wealth of new and exciting findings on extra-sol...

Table of Contents:

• From Protoplanetary Disks to Planetesimals, Taku Takeuchi
• Dynamics of small bodies in planetary systems; Mark Wyatt
• Asteroids and their collisional disruption, Akiko Nakamura and Patrick Michel
• On the strength and disruption mechanisms of small bodies in the Solar System, Patrick Michel
• Meteoroids - observations and connection to parent bodies, Sinsuke Abe
• Dust models and optical properties, Aigen Li
• Physical processes of dust and small bodies in planetary systems, Ingrid Mann
• Observational Studies of Interplanetary Dust, Masateru Ishiguro and Muetaka Ueno
• Six Hot Topics in Planetary Astronomy, David Jewitt
• Detection of Extra-solar Planets and Circumstellar Disks, Yoichi Itoh.