The origin of the solar system: Soviet research, 1925-1991

Abstract

Partial Contents: Introduction. Otto Schmidt School and the Development of Cosmogony in the USSR. Planetary Cosmogony in the West and Safronov's Theory. Selected Writings of Otto Schmidt, 1925-1954. 1925-On the stability of planetary motions. 1944-A Meteoric Theory of the Origin of the Earth and 1954-On the origin of the Asteroids. The Protoplanetary Cloud General Theories of planet Formation. 1953-Cosmogony of the System and the Evolution of the Sun. 1964-On the Gravitational Instability and further Development of Perturbations. 1974-Mass Distribution of Protoplanetary Bodies. I. Initial Data for Numerical Solution. 1991- Influx of Interstellar Material onto the Protoplanetary Disk. Rotation of 1962-On the Problem of Planet Rotation. 1969- Planetary Rotation Induced by Elliptically Orbiting Particles. Formation of the Earth and other Terrestrial 1958-On the Growth of Terrestrial Planets. 1972-The Origin of the Earth. 1987- Erosion of Mercury Silicate Shell during its Accumulation. Origin of the Moon and other Satellites. 1960-The Origin of the Moon. I. Formation of a Swarm of Bodies Around the Earth. 1977-The