Contents
Collaborating Authors
Preface / S. K. Atreya, J. B. Pollack and M. S. Matthews
Part I - Early Solar System
The Chemistry of Interstellar Gas and Grains / W. M. Irvine and R. F. Knacke
Models of the Formation and Evolution of the Solar Nebula / A. P. Boss, G. E. Morfill, and W. M. Tscharnuter
Solar Nebula Chemistry: Origin of Planetary, Satellite and Cometary Volatiles / R. G. Prinn and B. Fegley, Jr.
Planetary Accretion / R. Greenberg
Part II - Primitive Bodies
The Composition of Comets / E. K. Jessberger, J. Kissel and J. Rahe
Asteroid Volatile Inventories / L. A. Lebofsky, T. D. Jones and F. Herbert
The Impact History of the Solar System: Implications for the Origin of Atmospheres / P. R. Weissman
Supply and Loss of Volatile Constituents During the Accretion of Terrestrial Planets / G. Dreibus and H. Wanke
Part III - Terrestrial Planets
Atmospheric Compositions: Key Similarities and Differences / R. O. Pepin
Terrestrial Noble Gases: Constraints and Implications on Atmospheric Evolution / M. Ozima and G. Igarashi
Formation of Atmospheres during Accretion of the Terrestrial Planets / T. J. Ahrens, J. D. O'Keefe and M. A. Lange
Escape of Atmospheres and Loss of Water / D. M. Hunten, T. M. Donahue, J. C. G. Walker and J. F. Kasting
Climate Evolution on the Terrestrial Planets / J. F. Kasting and O. B. Toon
Coupled Evolution of the Atmospheres and Interiors of Planets and Satellites / G. Schubert, D. L. Turcotte, S. C. Solomon and N. H. Sleep
Part IV - Outer Planets
The Composition of Outer Planets Atmospheres / D. Gautier and T. Owen
Thermal Structure and Heat Balance of the Outer Planets / B. J. Conrath, R. A. Hanel and R. E. Samuelson
Structure and Composition of Giant Planet Interiors / W. B. Hubbard
Theories of the Origin and Evolution of the Giant Planets / J. B. Pollack and P. Bodenheimer
Part V - Satellites
Present State and Chemical Evolution of the Atmospheres of Titan, Triton and Pluto / J. I. Lunine, S. K. Atreya and J. B. Pollack
Io's Tenuous Atmosphere / T. V. Johnson and D. L. Matson
Effects of Magnetosphere Interactions on Origin and Evolution of Atmospheres / A. F. Cheng and R. E. Johnson
Formation of the Satellites of the Outer Solar System: Sources of their Atmospheres / A. Coradini, P. Cerroni, G. Magni and C. Federico
Color Section
Glossary / M. Magisos
Bibliography / M. Guerrieri and M. Magisos
Acknowledgments
Index