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_b.L253 2011
100 _aLang, Kenneth R.
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245 4 _aThe Cambridge guide to the solar system /
_cKenneth R. Lang.
260 _aCambridge, UK :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2011
300 _axxv, 475 p. :
_bill.
_c28 cm.
500 _aIncludes indexes.
505 _a Atmospheres, magnetospheres, and the solar wind -- The inner solar system : rocky worlds: Restless Earth : third rock from the Sun
505 _a Beyond Neptune -- Origin of the solar system and extrasolar planets: Brave new worlds.
505 _a Colliding worlds
505 _a Comets
505 _a Mars : the red planet -- The giant planets, their satellites and their rings : worlds of liquid, ice9yuy and gas: Jupiter : a giant primitive planet
505 _a Mercury : a dense battered world
505 _a Saturn : lord of the rings
505 _a The Earth's Moon : stepping stone to the planets
505 _a The new, close-up view from space
505 _a Uranus and Neptune -- Remnants of creation : small worlds in the solar system: Asteroids and meteorites
505 _a Venus : the veiled planet
505 _aChanging views and fundamental concepts: Evolving perspectives : a historical prologue
520 _a from the Apollo missions to the Moon, to recent missions to Jupiter and Mars.
520 _aThis 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
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