CHAPTER 1:
DISCOVERING DISTANT WORLDS
3 CHAPTER 2: MERCURY:
THE IRON PLANET
21 CHAPTER 3: VENUS:
THE RUNAWAY GREENHOUSE
45 CHAPTER 4: THE MOON:
QUEEN OF THE NIGHT
69 5: MARS:
THE RED PLANET CHAPTER
101 CHAPTER 6: ASTEROIDS:
VERMIN OF THE SKIES
129 CHAPTER 7: JUPITER:
KING OF THE PLANETS
147 CHAPTER 8: SATURN:
LIGHTWEIGHT LORD OF THE RINGS
185 CHAPTER 9: URANUS:
THE TOPPLED GIANT
217 CHAPTER 10: NEPTUNE:
THE LAST GIANT
237 CHAPTER 11: PLUTO:
KING OF THE KUIPER BELT
257 CHAPTER 12: COMETS: COSMIC ICEBERGS 269 APPENDICES 1: Lunar and Planetary Missions 285 2: Planetary Data 298 3: Satellite Data 299 4: Planetary Rings 305 5: The Largest Known Kuiper Belt Objects 307 6: Lunar and Planetary Firsts 308 7: Selected Reading List 310 8: Selected Websites 314 INDEX 317 VII Until about 500 years ago, the Earth was believed to lie at Pluto and its recently discovered, larger cousin in the far the center of the Universe, with the Sun and five planets reaches of the Sun's realm.
For the first time, human eyes revolving around it. The planets themselves were merely have been able to see towering cliffs, dust devils, erupting points of light that drifted across the stellar constellations.
| ISBN: | 9780387402123 |
| Publication date: | 28th February 2007 |
| Author: | Peter Bond |
| Publisher: | Copernicus an imprint of Springer New York |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 325 pages |
| Genres: |
Astronomy, space and time Astronautics Aerospace and aviation technology Interdisciplinary studies |
CHAPTER 1: DISCOVERING DISTANT WORLDS 3 CHAPTER 2: MERCURY: THE IRON PLANET 21 CHAPTER 3: VENUS: THE RUNAWAY GREENHOUSE 45 CHAPTER 4: THE MOON: QUEEN OF THE NIGHT 69 5: MARS: THE RED PLANET CHAPTER 101 CHAPTER 6: ASTEROIDS: VERMIN OF THE SKIES 129 CHAPTER 7: JUPITER: KING OF THE PLANETS 147 CHAPTER 8: SATURN: LIGHTWEIGHT LORD OF THE RINGS 185 CHAPTER 9: URANUS: THE TOPPLED GIANT 217 CHAPTER 10: NEPTUNE: THE LAST GIANT 237 CHAPTER 11: PLUTO: KING OF THE KUIPER BELT 257 CHAPTER 12: COMETS: COSMIC ICEBERGS 269 APPENDICES 1: Lunar and Planetary Missions 285 2: Planetary Data 298 3: Satellite Data 299 4: Planetary Rings 305 5: The Largest Known Kuiper Belt Objects 307 6: Lunar and Planetary Firsts 308 7: Selected Reading List 310 8: Selected Websites 314 INDEX 317 VII Until about 500 years ago, the Earth was believed to lie at Pluto and its recently discovered, larger cousin in the far the center of the Universe, with the Sun and five planets reaches of the Sun's realm. For the first time, human eyes revolving around it.
Distant Worlds features in the following genres: Astronomy, space and time, Astronautics, Aerospace and aviation technology, Interdisciplinary studies
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Distant Worlds has 325 pages
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