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The four hundred years of planetary science since Galileo and Kepler

Nature, ISSN: 0028-0836, Vol: 466, Issue: 7306, Page: 575-584
2010
  • 16
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 142
    Captures
  • 1
    Mentions
  • 1
    Social Media
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  • Citations
    16
    • Citation Indexes
      16
  • Captures
    142
  • Mentions
    1
    • References
      1
      • Wikipedia
        1
  • Social Media
    1
    • Shares, Likes & Comments
      1
      • Facebook
        1

Review Description

For 350 years after Galileoĝ€™s discoveries, ground-based telescopes and theoretical modelling furnished everything we knew about the Sunĝ€™s planetary retinue. Over the past five decades, however, spacecraft visits to many targets transformed these early notions, revealing the diversity of Solar System bodies and displaying active planetary processes at work. Violent events have punctuated the histories of many planets and satellites, changing them substantially since their birth. Contemporary knowledge has finally allowed testable models of the Solar Systemĝ€ ™s origin to be developed and potential abodes for extraterrestrial life to be explored. Future planetary research should involve focused studies of selected targets, including exoplanets. © 2010 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.

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