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Author:

Encrenaz, Thérèse, 1946-

Title:

Searching for water in the universe / Thérèse Encrenaz ; [translator, Bob Mizon].

Publisher:

Published in association with Praxis Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

viii, 193 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Solar system.
Planets.
Water.
Interstellar molecules.
Cosmochemistry.

Other Titles:

À la recherche de l'eau dans l'univers. English

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-187) and index.

Contents:

Where do we look for water in the solar system? -- Life on Earth... -- ...And elsewhere in the universe -- A very simple molecule -- The H₂O molecule -- The various states of water -- Great cosmic abundance -- The spectrum of the water molecule -- The ortho and para states -- Heavy water -- How do we search for water in the universe? -- 2. The quest for cosmic water -- 1877 : canals on Mars -- 1950-1970 : Mars, Saturn and interstellar water -- 1970-1990 : Mars and the comets -- 1994-1995 : water vapour and the galaxies -- 1995-1998 : the Infrared Space Observatory -- The post-ISO era -- Future projects : Herschel and SPICA -- 3. The ice line and the birth of the planets -- The solar system today -- The collapse of the protosolar cloud -- From protoplanetary disk to planetesimals -- Terrestrial planets and giant planets -- A brief chronology of events -- Where do we look for water in the solar system? --
6. Meteorites : the possibility of in situ measurement -- The nucleus : a 'dirty snowball' -- Halley's comet, 1986 : the first detection of water vapour -- An elusive kind of ice -- Water ice... and others -- Cometary matter and interstellar matter -- Water : historian of the comets -- Space exploration of comets : recent results and future projects -- 5. Water in the solar system -- The atmosphere of the giant planets -- Water and the giant planets -- Satellites of the outer solar system -- The Galilean satellites -- Saturn's satellites -- The companions of Uranus -- Triton : example of cryovolcanism -- Rings and minor satellites of the giant planets -- Pluto and the trans-Neptunian objects -- 6. At the ice line : the asteroids -- Minor planets -- Asteroid or comet? -- Meteorites : the possibility of in situ measurement --
The Index. Mercury and the Moon : no atmosphere, but traces of water? -- Phobos and Deimos : Mars' tiny moons -- Venus, Earth and Mars : three very different worlds -- Traces of water vapour on Mars and Venus -- The history of water on Mars and Venus -- Divergent destinies -- The history of water on Mars -- Searching for life on Mars -- 8. The search for other earths -- How do we define life? -- How does life begin? -- Early discoveries of exoplanets -- Giant exoplanets near stars -- Are there other Earth-like planets? -- Possibilities of life on Earth-like planets -- How do we find extraterrestrial life? -- The search for extraterrestrial civilisations -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

This book explores the presence of water in the various bodies of the Solar System, in the giant planets, with their rings and systems of satellites, in comets and asteroids, and in the terrestrial planets.

Series:

Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy

ISBN:

9780387341743 (pbk.)
0387341749 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2006926438

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)