Comparative planetology

E. Illés-Almár: Evolution of planetary bodies (PDF, 24.3 MB)

Handout for university students.

Comparative planetology publications

Comparisons of planets and moons

Bérczi, Sz. (1995). Attempt to conjecture the pattern of Alien planetary systems [Presentation]. 20th NIPR Symposium Antarctic Meteorites, Tokyo, 1995 Jun. 8. 14.15.

Bérczi, Sz., & Lukács, B. (1994). Alien Planetary Systems. In B. Lukács, I. Kubovics, L. Stegena, & Sz. Bérczi (Eds.), Evolution of extraterrestrial materials and structures (MTA-KFKI-1994-22/C; pp. 6–28). MTA Központi Fizikai Kutatóintézet.

Solar System evolution

Bérczi, Sz., Detre, Cs., Don, Gy., Dosztály, L., Gucsik, A., Kiss, Á., & Solt, P. (1998). Interplanetary Stratigraphy of the Solar System. 17th IMA Conference, Toronto,. 1998 August.

Bérczi, Sz., & Lukács, B. (1998). Main Lines and Side Tracks in Basaltogenesis of Terrestrial Planetary Bodies. In B. Lukács & Sz. Bérczi (Eds.), Side tracks in evolution (MTA-KFKI-07/C; pp. 6–12). MTA Központi Fizikai Kutatóintézet.

Bérczi, Sz. (1980). Cyclicity in the Evolution of Matter and its Application to the Evolution of the Solar System. Acta Geologica Acad. Sci. Hung., 23(1-4), 163–171.

Bérczi, Sz. (1978). Cyclicity in the Evolution of Matter and its Application to the Evolution of the Solar System [Presentation]. Cyclicity: Theory and Practice Conference, Budapest, 1978, November.

Planetological overviews and syntheses

Bérczi, Sz., Hargitai, H., Kereszturi, Á., & Sik, A. (2005). Concise Atlas on the Solar System (3): Atlas of Planetary Bodies. ELTE TTK Kozmikus Anyagokat Vizsgáló Űrkutató Csoport. Budapest.

Further publications by topic

Exoplanets, planetary interiors and planet formation

Raorane, A., Brasser, R., Matsumura, S., Lau, T., Lee, M. H., & Bouvier, A. (2025). Giant Planet Formation in the Solar System. EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025, Helsinki, Finland, abstract #EPSC-DPS2025-155.

Computer simulations explore how the Solar System's giant planets could grow within the early gas and dust disk. The model gives different formation times for Jupiter, Saturn and the ice giants, and tests which conditions most strongly affect growth. Source

Futó, Péter (2017). BD+20594b:A mega-Earth detected in the C4 field of the Kepler K2 Mission.. LPSC, abstract #1078.

Futó, Péter (2016). Earth-like interior structure models for the transiting terrestrial exoplanets: Kepler-78b and Kepler-93b.. LPSC, abstract #1018.

Futó, Péter (2015). A transiting 'mega-Earth' in the Kepler-field: Kepler-10c.. LPSC, abstract #1024.

Futó, Péter (2014). Structural modeling for the low-mass transiting exoplanets: Kepler-70 b and Kepler-70 c.. LPSC, abstract #1045.

Futó, Péter (2013). Kepler- 36 b: A transiting super-Earth with an Earth-like interior structure.. LPSC, abstract #1552.

Further research

Kisvárdai, I., Pál, B., & Kereszturi, Á. (2023). Investigating the porosity of Enceladus. Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, 525(1), 1246–1253. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad2333

The researchers estimate the amount of pore space inside Saturn's moon Enceladus using several models. These spaces may matter for water circulation and water–rock interactions; the estimates come from calculations rather than direct measurements of the interior. Source

Márkusné Bebesi, Z., & Juhász, A. (2021). Effects of upstream conditions on ULF waves and SLAMS formation at Saturn. EGU, abstract #EGU21-5987.

André, N., Génot, V., Opitz, A., Cecconi, B., Achilleos, N., Guio, P., Milillo, A., Mura, A., Futaana, Y., & Hess, S. (2020). Sun Planet Interactions Digital Environment on Request (SPIDER) for Europlanet RI H2024. EPSC, abstract #EPSC2020-256.

SPIDER supports modeling of planetary and spacecraft environments, including their interactions with solar wind. Its proposed on-request simulations and databases help researchers analyze observations and prepare missions. Source

Carlyle, J., Van Driel Gesztelyi, L., Zuccarello, F., James, A., & Williams, D. (2017). The 2015 St Patrick's Day Storm: Origins. DPS, abstract #404.02.

Cochran, W. D., Endl, M., Johnson, M. C., Lee, B., Park, C., Han, I., Rauer, H., Cabrera, J., Csizmadia, S., Paetzold, M., Yong, D., Asplund, M., & Hatzes, A. P. (2015). PICK2: Planets in Clusters with K2. DPS, abstract #417.02.

Márkusné Bebesi, Z., Szegő, K., Krupp, N., Németh, Z., Erdős, G., Crary, F., Mitchell, D., & Krimigis, S. (2012). On the structure of Titan's tail. EGU, abstract #EGU2012-5515.

Futó, P., & Gucsik, A. (2011). Coreless Earth-mass exomoon of an EGP. LPSC, abstract #abstract# 1229.

Futó, Péter (2010). Detailed internal structure model for Super-Earths in case of Earth-like composition.. LPSC, abstract #1024.

Space physics, magnetospheres and the solar wind

Dósa, M., Mangano, V., Milillo, A., Massetti, S., Márkusné Bebesi, Z., & Timár, A. (2020). Space weather at Mercury as observed by the THEMIS telescope from Earth. EGU, abstract #EGU2020-7143.

Dósa, M., Mangano, V., Márkusné Bebesi, Z., Massetti, S., Milillo, A., & Görgei, A. (2020). THEMIS telescope images analysed for space weather traces. EPSC, abstract #1022.

The study compares telescope images of sodium emission around Mercury with solar-wind data. It investigates how solar activity affects material released from the surface, while the limited observations leave the relationship uncertain. Source

Henri, P., Eriksson, A., Edberg, N., Béghin, C., Décréau, P., Grard, R., Hamelin, M., Johansson, E., Lebreton, J., Mazelle, C., Odelstad, E., Randriamboarison, O., Schmidt, W., Wattieaux, G., Winterhalter, D., Vallières, X., Vigren, E., Glassmeier, K. H., Goetz, C., …, Schwartz, S. J. (2015). Mapping of the cometary plasma density around comet CG/67P at perihelion.. AGU, abstract #P31E-2112.

Brandt, P., Mitchell, D., Paranicas, C., Khurana, K., Zieger, B., Hansen, K., Carbary, J., & Krimigis, S. (2010). Is periodic plasmoid release the driver of periodic phenomena in Saturn's magnetosphere. EGU, abstract #EGU2010-10068-1.

Bérczi Sz. Hargitai H., Kereszturi Á., Sik A.: Kis Atlasz a Naprendszerr?l (3): Bolygótestek atlasza. UNICONSTANT, Püspökladány (ISBN 963 00 6314 XÖ, 963 00 8474 0)