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1  Cover

2  Title Page

3  Copyright

4  Preface

5  1 Satellites and Rings of the Giant Planets 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Jupiter’s satellites 1.3. Saturn’s satellites 1.4. The satellites of Uranus and Neptune 1.5. The rings 1.6. References

6  2 Comets, Asteroids, and Dwarf Planets 2.1. Comets 2.2. The “historical” asteroids 2.3. The “new” asteroids 2.4. The dwarf planets 2.5. References

7  3 Meteorites and Cosmochemistry 3.1. Rocks falling from the sky 3.2. Origin of meteorites 3.3. Planetary differentiation and groups of meteorites 3.4. Chondrites and the origin of the Solar System 3.5. Differentiated meteorites 3.6. Witnesses to the formation and evolution of the Solar System 3.7. References

8  4 Formation and Dynamic History of the Solar System 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Laws of motion of the planets and satellites 4.3. The two-body problem 4.4. The three-body problem 4.5. Perturbations and resonances 4.6. Stability and chaos in the Solar System 4.7. Orbits in relation to a flattened body 4.8. Tidal effect 4.9. Nongravitational forces and orbits of small bodies 4.10. Formation of planetary systems 4.11. References

9  5 Origin of Life and Extraterrestrial Life 5.1. Definition of life 5.2. The appearance of life on Earth 5.3. Life elsewhere in the Solar System 5.4. How can life be detected on exoplanets? 5.5. Communicating with other civilizations? 5.6. References

10  6 Methods for Studying the Solar System 6.1. History 6.2. Observational techniques 6.3. Computer simulations 6.4. References

11  Appendix

12  Glossary

13  List of Authors

14  Index