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WANDERING STARS About Planets and Exo-Planets: An Introductory Notebook CONTENTS FRONT MATTER i Part I. Observations Reveal Gravity Part I OBSERVATIONS REVEAL GRAVITY 1 Early Observations George H. A. Cole 3 A Planet and a Sun: The Role of Gravity George H. A. Cole 22 Several Planets: The Centre of Mass George H. A. Cole 35 The General Structure of a Planet George H. A. Cole 51 Fluid Flows and Magnetism George H. A. Cole 65 Part II. General Features of the Solar System Part II GENERAL FEATURES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM 83 The Larger Members of the Solar System George H. A. Cole 85 Smaller Members: Asteroids, Comets and Meteorites George H. A. Cole 98 The Material of the Solar System George H. A. Cole 110 Finding the Ages of Rocks: Geochronology George H. A. Cole 122 Surfaces and Interiors George H. A. Cole 135 The Solid Earth George H. A. Cole 153 The Planets: Mercury and Mars George H. A. Cole 173 Planet Venus George H. A. Cole 192 The Planets: Jupiter and Saturn George H. A. Cole 204 The Planets: Uranus and Neptune George H. A. Cole 219 Satellites of the Solar System George H. A. Cole 228 Part III. Magnetism within the Solar System Part III MAGNETISM WITHIN THE SOLAR SYSTEM 254 Intrinsic Magnetism of the Earth George H. A. Cole 257 The Earth's External Magnetism George H. A. Cole 273 The Magnetism of the Other Planets George H. A. Cole 284 Part IV. Stars as a Continuing Source of Energy Part IV STARS AS A CONTINUING SOURCE OF ENERGY 297 Evolution of Stars George H. A. Cole 299 The Constitution of Stars George H. A. Cole 312 Stellar Energy Source George H. A. Cole 324 The Sun and Its Interior George H. A. Cole 335 Solar Emissions of Particles: The Solar Wind George H. A. Cole 348 Part V. Exoplanets Part V EXOPLANETS 359 A Planetary System from Afar: The Solar System George H. A. Cole 361 Observed Exo-Planet Systems George H. A. Cole 371 Assessing the Observational Data George H. A. Cole 381 Part VI. Exo-Biology Part VI EXOBIOLOGY 387 Life on Earth George H. A. Cole 389 What Makes a Planet Habitable? George H. A. Cole 402 An Anthropic Universe? George H. A. Cole 412 BACK MATTER 425 Back

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