The twin sister planets Venus and Earth : why are they so different? / Robert J. Malcuit.
| Author/creator | Malcuit, Robert J. author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Cham : Springer, 2015. |
| Description | 1 online resource (xix, 401 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1; Introduction; 1.1 The Scientific Method; 1.2 Some Special Features of Earth as a Planet; 1.3 Some Special Features of Venus as a Planet; References; Chapter 2; The Origin of the Sun and the Early Evolution of the Solar System; 2.1 List of Some Important Facts to be Explained by a Successful Model; 2.2 A Composite Working Model for Origin and Evolution of the Solar System; Summary; References; Chapter 3; Models for the Origin and Evolution of the Earth-Moon System; 3.1 List of Facts to be Explained by a Successful Model. |
| Contents | 3.2 Fission from the Earth Early in Earth History; 3.3 Co-formation of the Earth and Moon from the Same Cloud of Dust and Gas; 3.4 Intact Capture of the Moon by the Earth (1952-1986); 3.5 Other Recent Attempts at Intact Capture; 3.6 Orbital Traceback Models Suggesting Intact Capture; 3.7 More on the Singer (1968) Model of Prograde Capture; 3.8 Disintegrative Capture Models; 3.9 A Miltiple-Small-Moon Model; 3.10 A New (Post-Kona) View of the Intact Capture Process; 3.11 Formation of the Moon Resulting from a Giant Impact Early in Earth History. |
| Contents | 3.11.1 The Angular Momentum Problem of the Earth-Moon System; 3.11.2 The Oxygen Isotope Similarities Between Earth and Moon; 3.11.3 The Mass and Density of the Moon; 3.12 A Report Card for Models of Lunar Origin; References; Chapter 4; A Prograde Gravitational Capture Model for℗ the Origin and Evolution of℗ the℗ Earth-Moon℗ System; 4.1 Place of Origin for Luna and Sibling Planetoids and a Model for Magnetization of the Crust of Luna and Sibling Vulcanoid Planetoids; 4.2 Migration History of Luna and Sibling Vulcanoid Planetoids; 4.2.1 Stability of Vulcanoid Planetoid Orbits. |
| Contents | 4.2.2 Transfer of Vulcanoid Planetoids from Orbits of Origin to Venus-Earth Space; 4.2.3 Summary for the Transfer Scheme; 4.3 Prograde Gravitational Capture of Luna and the Subsequent Orbit Circularization: Two-Body Analysis and a Discussion of the Paradoxes Associated with the Capture Process; 4.4 Numerical Simulations of Gravitational Capture of a Lunar-Like Body by an Earth-Like Planet; 4.4.1 Computer Code Information; 4.4.2 Development of the Computer Code; 4.4.3 A Sequence of Typical Orbital Encounter Scenarios Leading to a Stable Capture Scenario. |
| Contents | 4.4.4 Geometry of Stable Capture Zones for Planetoids Being Captured by Planets; 4.4.5 The Post-Capture Orbit Circularization Calculation; 4.4.6 A Qualitative Model for Generation of a Mare-Age Lunar Magnetic Field; 4.4.7 Subsequent Orbit Expansion due to Angular Momentum Exchange between the Rotating Earth and the Lunar Orbit; 4.5 Summary and Statement of the Fourth Paradox; 4.6 Summary and Conclusions for the Chapter; Appendix; References; Chapter5; Some Critical Interpretations and℗ Misinterpretations of Lunar Features; 5.1 Discussion of Some Speculations of Harold Urey and℗ Zdenek Kopal. |
| Abstract | This book explains how it came to be that Venus and Earth, while very similar in chemical composition, zonation, size and heliocentric distance from the Sun, are very different in surface environmental conditions. It is argued here that these differences can be accounted for by planetoid capture processes and the subsequent evolution of the planet-satellite system. Venus captured a one-half moon-mass planetoid early in its history in the retrograde direction and underwent its fatal attraction scenarioℓ́ℓ with its satellite (Adonis). Earth, on the other hand, captured a moon-mass planetoid (Luna) early in its history in prograde orbit and underwent a benign estrangement scenario with its captured satellite. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Issued in other form | Printed edition: 9783319113876 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9783319113883 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 3319113887 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (print) |
| ISBN | (print) |
| Standard identifier# | 10.1007/978-3-319-11388-3 |
| Stock number | com.springer.onix.9783319113883 Springer Nature |
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