ASTR688R Textbooks

Required:

• Planetary Sciences (I. de Pater and J.J. Lissauer). About $60?
  A thorough quantitative treatment of the physics of the planets.
  If you have the 2001 edition, the first author has posted errata here. The 2004 edition incorporates these corrections.

Recommended:

• Solar System Dynamics (C. Murray and S.F. Dermott). About $40.
  Excellent introdution to planetary dynamics. I will draw substantially from this material to supplement our textbook.
  The first author has posted errata here.
• The New Solar System (J.K. Beatty and A. Chaikin, Eds.). About $40.
  Excellent qualitative introduction to planetary science. Descriptive chapters are each written by experts in the field.

Good General Solar System Information:

• The Nine Planets.
• Welcome to the Planets
• NASA Photo Gallery.

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