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Part I. Introduction: 1.1 Inventory of the solar system 1.2 Planetary properties 1.3 Formation of the solar system Part II. Dynamics: 2.1 The 2-body problem 2.2 The 3-body problem 2.3 'Planetary' perturbations and resonances 2.4 Long-term stability of planetary orbits 2.5 Orbits about an oblate planet 2.6 Tides 2.7 Dissipative forces and the orbits of small bodies Part III. Solar Heating and Energy Transport: 3.1 Energy balance and temperatures 3.2 Energy transport Part IV. Planetary Atmospheres: 4.1 Density and scale height 4.2 Thermal structure 4.3 Atmospheric composition 4.4 Clouds 4.5 Meteorology 4.6 Photochemistry 4.7 Molecular and eddy diffusion 4.8 Atmospheric escape 4.9 Evolution of terrestrial planet atmospheres and climate Part V. Planetary Surfaces: 5.1 Mineralogy and petrology 5.2 Crystallisation of a magma 5.3 Surface morphology 5.4 Impact cratering 5.5 Surface geology of individual bodies Part VI. Planetary Interiors: 6.1 Modelling and the interior structure of a planet 6.2 Seismic tomography and the Earth's interior 6.3 Interior structure of other terrestrial bodies 6.4 Interior structure of the giant planets Part VII. Planetary Magnetospheres and the Interplanetary Medium: 7.1 The interplanetary medium 7.2 Magnetic field configuration: mathematical description 7.3 Magnetospheric plasma and the particle motions 7.4 Magnetospheres of the individual bodies 7.5 Radio emissions, 7.6 Waves in magnetospheres 7.7 Generation of magnetic fields: Part VIII. Meteorites: 8.1 Basic classification and fall statistics 8.2 Source regions 8.3 Fall phenomena: atmospheric entry to impact 8.4 Chemical and isotopic fractionation 8.5 Radiometric dating 8.6 Physical characteristics of chondrites 8.7 Meteorite clues to the formation of the solar system Part IX. Asteroids: 9.1 Orbits 9.2 Size distribution and collisional evolution 9.3 Observing techniques 9.4 Surface composition 9.5 Surface structure 9.6 Origin and evolution of the asteroid belt Part X. Comets: 10.1 Nomenclature 10.2 Cometary orbits and comet reservoirs 10.3 Gaseous coma 10.4 Dust 10.5 Magnetosphere 10.6 Nucleus 10.7 Comet formation and the constraints on the theories of the solar system formetion 10.8 Future Part XI. Planetary Rings: 11.1 Tidal forces and Roche's limit 11.2 Flattening and spreading of rings 11.3 Observations of planetary rings 11.4 Ring-moon interactions 11.5 Physics of dust rings 11.6 Meteoroid bombardment of planetary rings 11.7 Origins of planetary rings 11.8 Summary Part XII. Planet Formation: 12.1 Observational constraints 12.2 Nucleosynthesis: a concise summary 12.3 Star formation: a brief overview 12.4 Evolution of the solar nebula: the protoplanetary disk 12.5 Condensation and growth of solid bodies 12.6 Formation of the terrestrial planets 12.7 Formation of the giant planets 12.8 Planetary migration 12.9 Small bodies in orbit about the Sun 12.10 Planetary rotation 12.11 Origin of planetary satellites 12.12 Confronting theory with observations Part XIII. Extrasolar Planets: 13.1 Detecting extrasolar planets 13.2 Observations of extrasolar planets 13.3 Models for the formation of planets observed to orbit main sequence stars other than the Sun 13.4 Planets and life 13.5 SETI 13.6 Conclusions Appendices Tables.