The Cambridge guide to the solar system /
Lang, Kenneth R.
The Cambridge guide to the solar system / Kenneth R. Lang. - Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2011 - xxv, 475 p. : ill. 28 cm.
Includes indexes.
Atmospheres, magnetospheres, and the solar wind -- The inner solar system : rocky worlds: Restless Earth : third rock from the Sun Beyond Neptune -- Origin of the solar system and extrasolar planets: Brave new worlds. Colliding worlds Comets Mars : the red planet -- The giant planets, their satellites and their rings : worlds of liquid, ice9yuy and gas: Jupiter : a giant primitive planet Mercury : a dense battered world Saturn : lord of the rings The Earth's Moon : stepping stone to the planets The new, close-up view from space Uranus and Neptune -- Remnants of creation : small worlds in the solar system: Asteroids and meteorites Venus : the veiled planet Changing views and fundamental concepts: Evolving perspectives : a historical prologue
from the Apollo missions to the Moon, to recent missions to Jupiter and Mars. This work provides a description of the planets and their moons. The books begins with an introduction to the history of planetary observation and discovery. The major planets and their moons are then introduced by presenting common properties, processes, and themes. This is followed by chapters which focus on individual planets and other solar system objects, including a comprehensive treatment of the various space missions
9780521198578
QB 501 / .L253 2011
The Cambridge guide to the solar system / Kenneth R. Lang. - Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2011 - xxv, 475 p. : ill. 28 cm.
Includes indexes.
Atmospheres, magnetospheres, and the solar wind -- The inner solar system : rocky worlds: Restless Earth : third rock from the Sun Beyond Neptune -- Origin of the solar system and extrasolar planets: Brave new worlds. Colliding worlds Comets Mars : the red planet -- The giant planets, their satellites and their rings : worlds of liquid, ice9yuy and gas: Jupiter : a giant primitive planet Mercury : a dense battered world Saturn : lord of the rings The Earth's Moon : stepping stone to the planets The new, close-up view from space Uranus and Neptune -- Remnants of creation : small worlds in the solar system: Asteroids and meteorites Venus : the veiled planet Changing views and fundamental concepts: Evolving perspectives : a historical prologue
from the Apollo missions to the Moon, to recent missions to Jupiter and Mars. This work provides a description of the planets and their moons. The books begins with an introduction to the history of planetary observation and discovery. The major planets and their moons are then introduced by presenting common properties, processes, and themes. This is followed by chapters which focus on individual planets and other solar system objects, including a comprehensive treatment of the various space missions
9780521198578
QB 501 / .L253 2011
