Inhalt
The Photosphere of the Sun.- I. The continuous spectrum.- II. The Fraunhofer spectrum.- General references.- Structure and Dynamics of the Solar Atmosphere.- A. The undisturbed photosphere and chromosphere.- B. The disturbed parts of the photosphere and chromosphere.- C. The corona.- D. Solar rotation and the solar cycle.- E. Solar and terrestrial relationship.- General references.- The Atmospheres of the Planets.- I. Introduction.- II. The Earth's atmosphere.- III. The atmosphere of Venus.- IV. The atmosphere of Mars.- V. The atmospheres of Mercury and the Moon.- VI. The atmospheres of major planets and their satellites.- VII. Conclusions.- Acknowledgment.- References.- Planetary Interiors.- I. The mass-radius relation of cold bodies.- II. Empirical features of the planets.- III. Structure and composition of the planets.- Radio Echoes from Sun, Moon and Planets.- I. Strength and characteristics of echoes.- II. Moon echoes.- III. Future possibilities.- IV. The Earth's immediate neighbourhood.- General references.- Die Kometen.- I. Einleitung.- II. Kometenbahnen.- III. Spektren und Physik der Kometen.- IV. Zur Deutung der Kometenformen.- V. Kosmogonie der Kometen.- Meteors.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Basic theory of the meteoric processes.- 3. Meteor spectra.- 4. Meteor dynamics and orbits of comets, asteroids, and meteors.- 5. Meteoritic dust.- 6. Visual meteor studies.- 7. Radio meteor techniques.- 8. Photographic meteor techniques.- 9. The masses and densities of meteoroids.- 10. Shower meteors.- 11. Sporadic meteors and the total influx.- 12. Origin of meteors, fireballs and meteorites.- 13. Meteorites.- Acknowledgments.- Sachverzeichnis (Deutsch/Englisch).- Subject Index (English/German).