Encyclopedia of the Solar System 2nd ed

920 Encyclopedia of the Solar System Alfven speed ́ The speed of propagation of disturbances in a magnetized plasma that bend a ...

Glossary 921 (B-R) color measures the proportion of red to blue light from an object. A red astronomical object has (B-R)∼2, the ...

922 Encyclopedia of the Solar System Chemoautotrophy The capacity of an autotrophic (self-feeding) organism to derive the energy ...

Glossary 923 it produces a change of particle momentum similar to that in a conventional collision. Cratering flow-field Movemen ...

924 Encyclopedia of the Solar System expected to respond rapidly to changes in sunlight, but if there is substantial vertical ci ...

Glossary 925 orbital architecture of the planets or of the environment of the solar system. The most prominent members of the ex ...

926 Encyclopedia of the Solar System Gravitational instability Spontaneous collapse of a portion of a protoplanetary disk due to ...

Glossary 927 from the solar system by close encounters with the forming giant planets. Pluto and Triton are thought to be among ...

928 Encyclopedia of the Solar System Lagrangian points The five locations in the circular restricted three-body problem at which ...

Glossary 929 seen with theHubble Space Telescopehave magnitude values of −26.74,+6, and+28, respectively. For every change by fi ...

930 Encyclopedia of the Solar System the atomic nucleus. Neutrons liberated from the nucleus by nuclear reactions decay by beta ...

Glossary 931 closed elliptical orbits. Some comets and asteroids are thrown on to hyperbolic orbits, which are not closed and wh ...

932 Encyclopedia of the Solar System Pixel A “picture element.” One element in a CCD or infrared detector array. Planar deformat ...

Glossary 933 Radiometric modeling Measures the thermal emission of an asteroid to provide an estimate of the asteroid’s surface ...

934 Encyclopedia of the Solar System kis Boltzmann’s constant,Tis temperature,mis the mean mass of the gas, andgis the accelerat ...

Glossary 935 Solidus Line or surface in a phase diagram below which the system is completely solid. Space debris Man-made partic ...

936 Encyclopedia of the Solar System Tectonic framework The global or large-scale pattern of fractures and folds formed by crust ...

Glossary 937 typically have remarkably little excess energy above their solidus, viscosity can be the determining factor for the ...

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