Electrostatic Phenomena on Planetary Surfaces

ISBN-13: 9781681744766 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 82 str.

Carlos I. Calle

Opis

The diverse planetary environments in the solar system react in somewhat different ways to the encompassing influence of the Sun. These different interactions define the electrostatic phenomena that take place on and near planetary surfaces. The desire to understand the electrostatic environments of planetary surfaces goes beyond scientific inquiry. These environments have enormous implications for both human and robotic exploration of the solar system.This book describes in some detail what is known about the electrostatic environment of the solar system from early and current experiments on Earth as well as what is being learned from the instrumentation on the space exploration missions (NASA, European Space Agency, and the Japanese Space Agency) of the last few decades. It begins with a brief review of the basic principles of electrostatics.

Spis treści

• Introduction
• Electrostatics principles
• Electrical breakdown and charge decay in planetary atmospheres
• The terrestrial electrostatic environment
• Spacecraft and satellites in the electrostatic environment of the Earth
• The electrostatic environment of the Moon
• The electrostatic environment of asteroids
• The Martian electrostatic environment
• The electrostatic environments of Venus and Mercury
• The electrostatic environments of the giant planets