Clark R. Chapman
Contributor
BIOGRAPHY
Senior Scientist, Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado. Coauthor of Cosmic Catastrophes; author of Planets of Rock and Ice.
Primary Contributions (5)
Mercury, the innermost planet of the solar system and the eighth in size and mass. Its closeness to the Sun and its smallness make it the most elusive of the planets visible to the unaided eye. Because its rising or setting is always within about two hours of the Sun’s, it is never observable when…
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Publications (2)
Meyers Hand-lexikon, erste Haelfte (German Edition) (August 2018)
The authors discuss such topics as "impacts with asteroids, the greenhouse effect, nuclear winter, fringe catastrophism, supernovae and an assessment of risks." (New Scientist)
Planets of Rock and Ice: From Mercury to the Moons of Saturn (Revised and Expanded) (1982)
A timely, informative survey of recent discoveries about the solar system--its planets and their satellites--and its evolution addresses significant aspects of the field of planetology in terms of their relationship with Earth