Some Corrections for
Lissauer and de Pater, Fundamental Planetary Sciences
2013 Edition
Newer version? Errata for the 2019 Edition available.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
p. 49, Fig. 2.19 (c). Bold, solid, and dashed arrows are
undefined. Fig. 2.19(b), Some arrows here are not labeled or defined.
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
p. 93, Eqs. 4.22a and 4.22b. The same symbol "V" is volume in the
Eq. 4.22a, but specific volume, volume per mass in
Eq. 4.22b. It would be better to use a different symbol like V' for
specific volume to avoid confusion. V remains specific volume for
the rest of section 4.4.1.
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
p. 352, Fig. 13.6. Synchronous orbit for Uranus should be 2/3 of the way
from Perdita's orbit to Puck's (~10% further out than
plotted). Amalthea should be about midway between the synchronous and
Roche limits at Jupiter.
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Appendix E
p. 517 Table E.5. Many small inner satellites from Table E.4
are not included in Table E.5: Saturn (Anthe), Uranus
(Cupid, Perdita, Mab), and Netpune (Naiad, Thalassa) are all missing. The
small saturnian moon Aegaeon is missing from both tables.
p. 517 Tables E.4 and E.5.
Roman numerals in Tables E.4 and E.5
as formatted inconsistently. For example, Oberon is Uranus IV in table E.4 but
it is Uranus UIV in table E.5. These should be formatted identically in
both tables.
p. 517 Tables E.4 and E.5.
Lagrangian moons at Saturn are identified with T1 and T+ in Table E.4 but not in Table E.5
Last Updated: Aug. 16, 2023
Doug Hamilton
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