This contributed monograph is the first work to present the latest results and findings on the new topic and hot field of planetary exploration and sciences, e.g., lunar surface iron content and mare orientale basalts, Earth's gravity field, Martian radar exploration, crater recognition, ionosphere and astrobiology, Comet ionosphere, exoplanetary atmospheres and planet formation in binaries. By providing detailed theory and examples, this book helps readers to quickly familiarize themselves with the field. In addition, it offers a special section on next-generation planetary exploration, which opens a new landscape for future exploration plans and missions.Prof. Shuanggen Jin works at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Dr. Nader Haghighipour works at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, USA. Prof. Wing-Huen Ip works at the National Central University, Taiwan.

InhaltsangabePlanetary probes navigation and control.- Atmosphere & ionosphere of terrestrial planets.- Planetary systems, Rotation and Fluid dynamics.- New findings and questions of Lunar exploration from recent missions.- Science and Exploration of Mars.- Science and Exploration of Venus.- Science and Exploration of the Mercury.- Comparative and Laboratory Planetary Sciences.- Planetary Life and Astrobiology.- Giant and Extrasolar Planets Sciences.- Future Planetary Missions & Instrumentations.- Planetary Environments and Solar wind interaction.- Asteroids and comets exploration and science.- Dynamics of planetary rings and circumplanetary dust.- Exploration of Planetary Systems and Their Habitability.- Laboratory work in support of planetary missions.