Index 963
radar, 372
radiometry, 372
spectroscopy, 371
telescopic search programs
Astronomical Observatory of Padua,
Italy, 290
Catalina Sky Survey, 290
DLR Institute of Space Sense
Technology and Planetary
Exploration, 8
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
(LINEAR) program, 290
Lowell Observatory Near-Earth
Object Search (LONEOS),
290
National Space Development Agency,
Japan, 290
Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT)
system, 290
for NEOs, 290
Spacewatch, 290
University of Asiago, Department of
Astronomy, 290
Tempel 1 comet, 288
Deep Impactmission, 558, 560
ejecta composition, 560
images, 560
Tempel 2 comet, 573
Tempel-Tuttle comet, 65
temperature
giant planets, 384
Mars
polar cap, 312
surface, 301
Mercury, 118–119
Moon, 231
Venus, surface, 143
termination shock, 111
from heliopause, 111, 522
ofVoyager 1, 522
Terra Meridiani, Mars, 301
terrestrial aurora, 533
Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF), NASA,
892
terrestrial planets
formation, 42–46
oligarchic growth, 43
planetary embryos, 43
runaway growth, 43
volatile inventories, 185
terrestrial X-rays, 637
Tethys satellite, Saturn, 369, 371,
375–378
Tharsis bulge, Mars, 319–320, 322
Thebe satellite, Jupiter, 374, 375
Themis asteroid family, 686
thermal diffusion, time scale, 527
thermal emission, from planetary bodies,
697–707
giant planets
Jupiter, 700, 702
radio spectra, 700
Saturn, 702–703
Uranus/Neptune, 703
major satellites/small bodies
comets, 705–707
Galilean satellites, 9–10
Titan, 704–705
terrestrial planets
Mercury, 698–699
Venus/Mars, 699–700
thermal feedbacks, Earth, 183
thermal history models, of planets,
131–132
thermal inertia, Mars
Meridiani Planum site, 337–338
surface/interior, 312
thermal infrared telescopes, 684
thermal infrared wavelengths
interplanetary dust, 685
night sky image, 682
thermonuclear energy, of Sun, 74
thermosphere, Venus, 139
Thirty-Meter Telescope proposal, 726
3200 Phaethon asteroid, 289
tidal interactions, Europa, 433–434
Tisserand parameter, comet-NEO
relationship, 288
Titan satellite, Saturn
astrobiological potential, 865
atmosphere, 469–476
chemical composition, 471–473
clouds, 476
dynamical processes, 473–475
haze, 475–476
lateral/temporal variations,
473–474
thermal structure, 470–471
zonal circulation, 473
Cassini-Huygensmission, 375
discovery, 467–468
exploration, 468–469
FUV spectrum, 671
limb-darkening, 467
orbital/body parameters, 468
surface, 476–482
Cassiniorbiter view, 479–480
in situ data, 480–482
thermal emission, 704–705
volcanic features, 836
Titania satellite, Uranus, 379–381
Titius, J. B, 5
Tolstoy basin, Mercury, 128
Tombaugh, Clyde, 605
topography
Mars surface/interior, 319–320
chaotic terrain, 319
Elysium bulge, 320north-south asymmetry, 319
Tharsis bulge, 319–320
Moon/inner planets, planetary radar,
746
torus
Io, 428–429, 532, 537, 669
plasma, Jupiter, 531, 532
Van Allen Belt, 519
zodiacal dust clouds, 686, 687
4179 Toutaris asteroid, 736, 759
TRACEtelescope, 84
transient crater, Europa, 442
transit photometry, 888–890
transit searches, for extrasolar planets,
898, 899
transiting planet, 894
HD 209458 b, 899
TrES-1 b, 899
transition zone, Earth, 207
Tremaine, Scott, 605
TrES-1 b, transiting planet, 899
triple bands, Europa, 437, 438
Triton satellite, Neptune, 365,
369
atmosphere/surface, 494–500
crescent streaks, 495
Hili Plume, 495
Mahilani Plume, 495
polar cap, 499–500
characteristics, 487–490
climate, 499–500
discovery, 484–485
evolution, 500–502
14th magnitude object, 485
geology, 490–494
bright polar terrains, 494
cantaloupe terrain, ridges, fissures,
493–494
undulating, high plains, 490–492
walled, terraced plains, 492
zoned maculae, smooth plains,
492–493
images
cantaloupe terrain, 493
digital photomosaic, 484
Mozamba crater, 492
young volcanic region, 491
internal structure model, 488
methane bands, 485
Mozamba crater, 376
orbit, 484–485
origin, 500–502
plains
Leviathan Patera, 490
Ruach Plantatia, 492
plume models, 496–500
eruption velocity/temperature,
498
plumes as jets, 498