Index 959
Mercury, 119, 746
Moon, 227
NEOs, 293
nonsynchronous, Europa, 435
Pluto, 544
Sun, 521
synchronous, satellites, 369
Venus, 139, 746
Ruach Plantatia plain, Triton, 492
Rudolphine Tables(Kepler), 56
Ruggieri, Guido, 68
Russia
meteorites, 252
space probes, 100
S-class asteroids, 47, 269, 296, 361,
363
Sagan, Carl, 424
Sakigakispace mission, 883
Sanderson IIIB medium octahedrite
meteorite, 259
satellites
of asteroids, 358–359
EUVE, 652
Hiton, Japan, 629
magnetospheric interactions,
537–539
natural, of planets, 14–22
ROSAT, 652
solar system origins, 49–50
weather,GOESgeostationary, 176
satellites, planetary
C-type material covering, 369
characteristics
discovery, 365–366
properties, physical/dynamical,
366–369
flyby missions, 373
formation/evolution, 369–371
individual
Mars: Phobos and Demos,
373–374
Neptune, 381–382
Saturnian system, 365, 369, 371,
375–379
Uranus, 366, 370, 379–381
inner solar system, 365
medium-sized, Uranus, 379–381
observation
spacecraft exploration, 373
telescopic, 366, 371–372, 378
outer,
Jupiter/Saturn/Neptune/Uranus,
369
relative sizes, 366
small-sized, Uranus, 381
synchronous rotation, 369
Voyagerspacecraft discoveries, 366,
369
Saturn
atmosphere
ammonia, 387
helium, 32, 666
hydrogen, 32, 47, 666
observations, 666–667
phosphine, 387
aurora, 225
HSTimage, 668
Cassini Orbitermission, 225
clouds, water/ammonia, 389
dipole tilt, 528
E-ring, 371, 376
emissions
kilometric radio, 715
thermal, 702–703
very low frequency, 715
energetic particle populations, 532
helium, primary component, 666
hydrogen, primary component, 32, 47,
666
magnetosphere, 225, 528
19th century studies, 63
physical properties, 384
radar measurements
icy satellites, 762–763
rings, 761
Titan, 762
ring system
Keck 10-m image, 728
major components, 505
Voyagerimage, 19, 504
satellites, 365, 369, 371, 375–379
temperature, 384
20th century, pre-space age studies,
68–69
very low frequency emissions,
715
X-ray emissions, 637
Saturn electrostatic discharges (SEDs),
715–716
De Saturni(Huygens, Christian), 57
Saturn’s kilometric radiation (SKR),
715
scarps, Mercury, 117, 118, 131, 132
scattered disks
color, 614
extended, 594
Kuiper Belt location, 6
Schenk, P., 425
Schwabe, Heinrich, 60
Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 comet, 564,
630
Scorpius X-1, 637
search programs, charge-coupled devices
(CCDs), 290
seasons, of Earth/Mars, 317
Segatz, M., 428
seismograms, Moon, 235seismographic systems,
three-component, 201
seismology
divisions
Earth’s structure, 203
seismic sources, 203
Moon, 231
Shergottite-Nakhlite-Chassignite (SNC)
meteorites, 34, 863
shield volcanoes
Hawaii, 192, 321, 830
Io, 423
Mars
Arsia Mons, 833
Ascraeus Mons, 833
Elysium, 321
Olympus Mons, 833
Pavonis Mons, 833
Tharsis, 321
Moon, Oceanus Procellarum, 832
Venus, 834
shock(s)
achondrites, 267
chondrites, 267
coronal mass ejections, 218
meteoritic, 267–268
petrographic indicators, 268
shergottites, 268, 280, 281
solar wind
formation, 104–105
as particle accelerators, 115
support, 111
termination, 111, 522
Shoemaker, Gene, 234
Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet, 563, 573
Shoemaker spacecraft,NEARmission,
294, 655
Sidereus Nuncius(Galileo), 56
silica/silicates
mare basalt content, 242
volcanic eruptions, Earth, 829
single-impact hypothesis (lunar origin),
247–249
sinuous rilles, Moon, 832
Sioux County eucrite meteorite, 259
6 Hebe asteroids, 269
sky survey telescopes, 729–733
Smart-1mission, to Moon, 881
SNC (Shergottites-Nakhlites-Chassigny)
meteorites, 262
Mars volatile abundances, 303–304
unstable sulfur, 306
Snyder, C., 100
sodium, Mercury, exospheric, 662
soft X-ray emissions, 657
SOHOexploration mission,
Sun/heliosphere, 874–875
SOHOLasco instruments, coronagraph,
106, 217