100-C 25-C 50-C 75-C C+M 50-C+M C+Y 50-C+Y M+Y 50-M+Y 100-M 25-M 50-M 75-M 100-Y 25-Y 50-Y 75-Y 100-K 25-K 25-19-19 50-K50-40-40 75-K 75-64-64Index
A-class asteroids, 363
Ace exploration mission,
Sun/heliosphere, 875
achondrites
basaltic, 268
composition, 35–36
easy recognition of, 270
gas retention ages of, 279
Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite, 36,
262, 360, 836
shocks, 267
SNC (Shergottites-Nakhlites-
Chassigny) associations,
262
solar system origin, 35–36
Adams, John Couch, 4, 61, 64, 65,
484
Adams, Walter, 66
Adams ring, Neptune, 509
adiabat
giant planets, 385
Venus., lower atmosphere, 142–143
2101 Adonis NEO, 289
Adrastea satellite, Jupiter, 374, 375
Advanced Composition Explorer, 108
Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and
Astrophysics (ASCA), 641
aerosols
giant planets
atmosphere, 388–394
meridional circulation, 391
thermochemical equilibrium
models, 389
Uranus, stratospheric cycle, 392
Akarispace-based telescope, 684
AKR.Seeauroral kilometric radiation
Alba Patera volcano, Mars, 319, 321
albedos
asteroids, 47, 359
Bond, 372
Centaur objects, 606, 610
geometric, 372, 376, 661
Galilean satellites, 672
Jupiter, 665
Triton, 489
Kuiper Belt objects, 606, 609, 610
Moon, 229
Pluto, 372
radar measurements/target properties,
744
satellites
Hyperion, 378
low, Thebe, 375
Nereid, 382
Phoebe, 378
Umbriel satellite, 380
Uranus satellites, 381
Alfvén speed, solar wind, 521
Alfvén waves, solar corona, 84
ALH84001 meteorite, Mars, 304, 316,
318
alkali suite, lunar highland crust, 244
Allende meteorites, 259
ALMA.SeeAtacama Large Millimeter
Array
Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer
(APXS), 332, 342
Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer
(APXS), 331, 332, 342
altitude, global
land, 193
sea floor, 193
Amalthea satellite, Jupiter, 374,
375
Amazonian epoch, Mars, 307
ammonia
icy satellites, 454
Jupiter, Saturn, 387
Triton, 491
Amor, 433 Eros asteroid, 283
andesite magmas, 830
angular momentum, Earth-Moon
system, 229
angular scattering law, 748–750
anhydrate silicates, Galilean satellites,
432anorthosites
ferroan, lunar highland crust, 230,
242–243
Mercury surface, 131
Antarctic Search for Meteorites
(ANSMET), 257
Antarctica
chondrites, 270
EH3-EH4, 276
EL3, 276
meteorites, 252, 253, 256
Allan Hills region of Victoria Land,
277
Lazarev, 270
Queen Maud Land, 270, 277
Antoniadi, Eugène, 68
Apollomissions, 231, 232, 233, 240, 750
APXS.SeeAlpha Particle X-ray
Spectrometer
APXS.SeeAlpha Proton X-ray
Spectrometer
Archimedean spiral, 521
Arecibo Observatory telescope
description, 739–740
images, Mercury, 130
Arend-Roland comet, 568
Ares Valles, Mars, 334, 337
Ariel satellite, Uranus, 379–381, 836
Arsia Mons shield volcano, Mars, 319,
833
ASCA.SeeAdvanced Satellite for
Cosmology and Astrophysics
Ascraeus Mons shield volcano, Mars,
319, 833
Asteroid Belt, 269, 283
dust bands, 685
“escape hatches,” 287
evolving particles, 687
formation, 286
Kirkwood gaps, 353
mass, 46–47
meteorite origin, 34
mineral composition variations, 295