Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 The Urge to Explore
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   Chapter 2 From Speculation to Understanding
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   Chapter 3 The Planets of the Solar System
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   Chapter 4 Life and Death of Stars
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   Chapter 5 Origin of the Solar System
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   Chapter 6 Earth: Model of Planetary Evolution
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   Chapter 7 The Clockwork of the Solar System
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   Chapter 8 Meteorites and Impact Craters
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    Chapter 9 The Earth-Moon System
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    Chapter 10 Mercury: Too Hot for Comfort
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    Chapter 11 Venus; Planetary Evolution Gone Bad
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    Chapter 12 Mars: The Little Planet that Could
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    Chapter 13 Asteroids: Shattered Worlds
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    Chapter 14 Jupiter: Heavy-Weight Champion
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    Chapter 15 Galilean Satellites: Jewels of the Solar System
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    Chapter 16 Saturn: The Beauty of Rings
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    Chapter 17 Titan: An Ancient World in Deep Freeze
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    Chapter 18 Uranus: What Happened Here?
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    Chapter 19 Neptune: More Surprises
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    Chapter 20 Pluto and Charon: The Odd Couple
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    Chapter 21 Ice Worlds at the Outer Limit
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    Chapter 22 Comets: Coming Inside from the Cold
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    Chapter 23 Earth: The Cradle of Humans
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    Chapter 24 Brown-Dwarf Stars and Extrasolar Planets