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Index Abulfeda crater chain (Moon), 97 Aphrodite Terra (Venus), 142, 143, 144, 145, 146 Acheron Fossae (Mars), 165 Apohele asteroids, 353–354 Achilles asteroids, 351 Apollinaris Patera (Mars), 168 achondrite meteorites, 360 Apollo asteroids, 346, 353, 354, 361, 371 Acidalia Planitia (Mars), 164 Apollo program, 86, 96, 97, 101, 102, 108–109, 110, 361 Adams, John Couch, 298 Apollo 8, 96 Adonis, 371 Apollo 11, 94, 110 Adrastea, 238, 241 Apollo 12, 96, 110 Aegaeon, 263 Apollo 14, 93, 110 Africa, 63, 73, 143 Apollo 15, 100, 103, 104, 110 Akatsuki spacecraft (see Venus Climate Orbiter) Apollo 16, 59, 96, 102, 103, 110 Akna Montes (Venus), 142 Apollo 17, 95, 99, 100, 102, 103, 110 Alabama, 62 Apollodorus crater (Mercury), 127 Alba Patera (Mars), 167 Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP), 110 Aldrin, Edwin (Buzz), 94 Apophis, 354, 355 Alexandria, 69 Appalachian mountains (Earth), 74, 270 Alfvén, Hannes, 35 Aqua, 56 Alfvén waves, 35–36, 43, 49 Arabia Terra (Mars), 177, 191, 200 Algeria, 358 arachnoids (see Venus) ALH 84001, 201, 204–205 Archimedes crater (Moon), 93, 106 Allan Hills, 109, 201 Arctic, 62, 67, 84, 186, 229 Allende meteorite, 359, 360 Arden Corona (Miranda), 291 Allen Telescope Array, 409 Arecibo Observatory, 114, 144, 341, 379, 380, 408, 409 Alpha Regio (Venus), 144, 148, 149 Ares Vallis (Mars), 179, 180, 199 Alphonsus crater (Moon), 99, 102 Argentina, 408 Alps (Moon), 93 Argyre Basin (Mars), 161, 162, 163, 166, 186 Amalthea, 236–237, 238, 239, 241 Ariadaeus Rille (Moon), 100, 102 Amazonis Planitia (Mars), 161 COPYRIGHTED Ariel,MATERIAL 20, 287, 290–291, 297 Ames Research Center, Aristarchus, 3, 4 Amirani (Io), 226–227 Aristarchus (Moon), 99, 102 Amor asteroids, 353, 354 Arizona, 400 Ananke, 238 Armstrong, Neil, 102 Andes, 70, 74 Arram Chaos (Mars), 179 Andromeda galaxy, 22 Arrhenius, Svante, 139 Andromedid meteors, 368 Arsia Mons (Mars), 168, 169 Angelina, 340 Artemis Chasma (Venus), 148 Antarctica, 58–59, 64, 66, 70, 74, 109, 138, 172, 201, 357 Artemis Corona (Venus), 148, 149 Anthe, 256 Aschera, 340 Antiope, 341 Ascraeus Mons (Mars), 165, 168, 169, 178 Apennines (Moon), 93 Asgard crater (Callisto), 235 Exploring the Solar System, First Edition. Peter Bond. © 2012 by Peter Bond. Published 2012 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Index 451 Asia, 66, 164, 355 Bopp, Thomas, 364 Assyrians, 185, 243 Boston University, 117 asteroids, 9, 10, 209, 239, 331, 335–357, 358, 359, 369, 370, 380, 383, Bottke, William, 346 384, 393, 400, 401, 403, 407 Brahe, Tycho, 6 composition, 340, 344, 347, 349, 351, 359 brown dwarf, 9, 383, 387, 389, 399–400 density, 337, 339, 341, 343, 344, 347, 349, 352 Brown, Mike, 8, 329 designations, 337 Brucia, 336 distances, 340 Burney, Venetia, 315 families, 339–341, 346, 349, 350 Butler, Paul, 379 gaps in main belt, 340–341 impact prevention, 356–357 Cabeus crater (Moon), 106 main belt, 9, 336, 337, 338, 343, 344, 348, 349, 351 Caliban, 297 near-Earth, 336, 342–343, 346, 351–357 California, 63, 72, 74, 329, 341, 379, 408, 409 orbits, 339–341, 346, 347, 350–351, 353–354, 393 California Institute of Technology, 329 origin, 337–338 Callanish crater (Europa), rotation, 342, 343, 344, 346, 347, 349, 352 Callisto, 15, 19, 20, 224, 231, 232, 234–236, 237, 239, 265, 306, 344 sample return, 342–343 Caloris Basin (Mercury), 116, 119, 122, 123, 126–127 satellites, 341, 343–344, 346, 351 Calypso, 280 search programs, 336–337 Cambridge University (UK), 298 shape, 338, 342, 344 Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, 297, 344 size, 341, 342, 343, 344, 347, 349, 350, 351, 352 Canary Islands, 386 surfaces, 339, 352 55 Cancri, 400 types, 340 Candor Chasma (Mars), 171 Aston, Francis, 27 Canup, Robin, 19 Astraea, 336, 340 Capricornid-Sagittariid meteors, 371 astrometry, 388 carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, 359–360 astronomical unit (AU), 6, 336 Carme, 238 Aswan, 69 Cascade mountains, 70 Aten asteroids, 353, 354 Caspian Sea, 269 Athabasca Valles (Mars), 179 Cassini Division, 253, 256, 257–8 Atla Regio (Venus), 143, 149 Cassini, Giovanni Domenico, 6, 253, 264, 278 Atlantic Ocean, 64, 65, 70, 73 Cassini Regio (Iapetus), 278 Atlas, 260, 279–280 Cassini mission, 21, 22, 212, 240, 245, 246, 247, 248, 250, 251, 252, 253, Atlas V – Centaur rocket, 327 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, A-Train, 56 273, 274, 276, 277, 279 auroras, 49, 83–84, 154, 247, 248, 252, 253, 286, 287, 289, 306, 380 Castalia, 338 Mars and Jupiter aurora, 200-201, 221-222, 253 Cat’s Eye nebula, 50 Australia, 142, 164, 343, 359, 360 Caucasus (Moon), 93 2002 AW197, 333 Cavendish Laboratory, 27 Centauri Montes (Mars), 184 Babbar Patera volcano (Io), 226 Centaurs, 369–370, 375 Babylon, 112 Ceraunius Tholus (Mars), 165 Bach crater (Mercury), 125 Cerberus Fossae (Mars), 179, 184 Bacolor crater (Mars), 177 Cerberus Palus (Mars), 179 Baghdad Sulcus (Enceladus), 274 Ceres, 7, 8, 9, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 344–345, 347, 348, 349 Baikal lake, 355 Challis, James, 298 Baltis Vallis (Venus), 147 Chandra X-ray Observatory, 104 Barbara, 341 Chandrayaan-1, 105 Barnacle Bill rock (Mars), 180 Chang’e spacecraft, 111 Barnard, Edward Emerson, 236 Chao Meng-Fu crater (Mercury), 130 Barnard’s Star, 379 Charon, 20, 89, 309, 316, 317, 318, 320, 321, 322, 323–324, 325, 326, 327, Barringer crater (see Meteor crater) 331, 333 Beagle 2, 202 Chasma Boreale (Mars), 173, 174 Beethoven Basin (Mercury), 125 CheshireCat, 337 Belinda, 296, 297 Chicxulub crater (Earth), 84 BepiColombo mission, 131–132 Chile, 63, 345, 386, 398, 400 Beta Pictoris, 379, 381, 382, 393 China, 70, 78, 111 Beta Regio (Venus), 144, 145, 149, 150 Chiron, 369–370 Betelgeuse, 24 chondrites, 17, 209, 287, 339, 340, 343, 359, 360, 374 Bianca, 296 Christy, James, 323 Bode’s Law, 335 chromosphere (see Sun) Bond, William, 264 Chryse Planitia (Mars), 164, 179, 195 Bondone, Giotto di, 365 circumstellar disks, 379, 381–385, 392, 393 Bonneville crater (Mars), 207 Clementine spacecraft, 94, 104, 105, 111 452 Index Cleopatra crater (Venus), 142, 151 CoRoT-1b, 393 CloudSat, 56, 63 CoRoT-3b, 399, 400 Colette Patera (Venus), 142 CoRoT-7 system, 389, 392, 398, 399 Colombo, Giuseppe (Bepi), 114 CoRoT-9b, 387 Columbia Hills (Mars), 186, 187, 188 cosmic rays, 44, 132, 266, 320, 322, 329, 360, 407 Columbus, Christopher, 69 1995 CR, 353 coma (see comets) 2000 CR105, 332 comets, 9, 10, 130, 140, 325, 333, 335, 338, 351, 355, 356, 361, 362–378, CryoSat, 63 383, 384, 393, 407 cryovolcanism, 228, 234, 266, 270–271, 275, 276–277, 289, 291, 307, 308, albedo, 367 327, 329 coma, 362, 365, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374 Cupid, 295, 296 composition, 362, 364–365, 366, 367, 369, 370, 371, 372, 374, 375 cyclones, 60–61, 218, 303 density, 367, 375 disintegration, 368–369 Dactyl, 20, 341, 344 distances, 377 Dali Chasma (Venus), 143 early observations, 375–376 Damascus Sulcus (Enceladus), 274 extinct, 351, 370–371 Damocles, 371 formation, 372, 374 Damocloids, 371 Jupiter family, 376 Danu Montes (Venus), 142 Kreutz family, 371–372 Daphnis, 257, 258, 259, 279 long period, 10, 355, 356, 370, 377 Dark Spot 2 (D2) (Neptune), 303 main belt, 371, 372 D’Arrest, Heinrich, 7, 298 names, 373 Datura, 341 nucleus, 362, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368–369, 370, 372, 374–375 Davy crater chain (Moon), 97 orbits, 363, 365, 366, 371, 373, 375–377, 393 Dawes crater (Moon), 99 short period, 9, 365, 369, 371, 373, 375–377 Dawn mission, 344, 345, 347, 348, 349 size, 364, 365, 366, 367 Debussy crater (Mercury), 122 sungrazing, 42, 363, 371–372 Deccan, 74, 83 tails, 362–364, 370, 372 Deep Impact mission, 367, 374–375 Comet Biela, 368 Deep Space 1, 366 Comet Borrelly, 366, 367 Deep Space Network, 300 Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, 356, 367–368 Deimos, 20, 202, 205, 209, 339 Comet Encke, 364, 372, 373, 376 Descartes plateau (Moon), 109 Comet Grigg-Skjellerup, 365 Despina, 310, 311 Comet Hale-Bopp, 363, 364, 366 Devana Chasma (Venus), 145 Comet Halley, 141, 151, 362, 366, 370, 371, 373, 375–376, 393 Diana Chasma (Venus), 142, 143 Comet Hartley 2, 366, 367 dinosaurs, 351, 354 Comet Holmes, 369 Dione, 20, 254, 261, 263, 264, 265, 274, 275–277, 280 Comet Hyakutake, 363, 364 Dione Regio (Venus), 155 Comet Ikeya-Seki, 372 Discovery Rupes (Mercury), 128, 129 Comet Linear (C/1999 S4), 368–369 Don Quijote mission, 356 Comet Machholz, 363 Doppler shift, 31, 62, 114, 135, 216, 385–386 Comet McNaught, 366 2000 DP107, 341, 343 Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, 22, 239, 356, 368, 369, 373 Drake equation, 405, 409 Comet Schwassman-Wachmann 3, 368 Drake, Frank, 405, 408, 409 Comet SOHO-614, 372 Drakonia, 340 Comet Tempel 1, 366, 367, 374–375, 376 dunes, 77–78, 143, 161, 270, 271 Comet Tempel-Tuttle, 362 dwarf planets, 8–9, 314, 330, 331, 344 Comet Wild 2, 366, 372–374 Dyce, Rolf, 114 Comet Wilson-Harrington, 371 Dynamics Explorer, 84 Conamara Chaos (Europa), 228, 229 Dysnomia, 329 Convection, Rotation and planetary Transits spacecraft (see CoRoT mission) Eagle crater (Mars), 187, 206 Cook, Capt. James, 6, Earth, 4, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 24, 43, 45, 49, 50, 52–85, 88–89, 90, 95, 98, Copernicus crater (Moon), 97, 101, 106, 107 99, 103, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 117, 121, 128, 133, 136, 138, 140, Copernicus, Nicolaus, 6 141, 145, 147, 148, 157, 158, 174, 177, 181, 183, 186, 188, 189, 190, Cordelia, 294 193, 196, 199, 204, 210, 215, 217, 221, 225, 227, 229, 239, 251, 253, Cordillera mountains (Moon), 93 266, 267, 269, 299, 306, 307, 316, 324, 328, 329, 335, 341, 346, 353, Coriolis force, 60, 199, 211, 244, 245 354, 357, 359, 360, 363, 378, 380, 401, 402, 406, 407, 408 Cornell University, 409 albedo, 56 corona (see Sun) atmosphere, 10, 54, 56–61, 307, 408 coronae (see Venus and