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The Space-Age Solar System by Joseph F. Baugher

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ISBN
9780471850342

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0471850349
ISBN-13
9780471850342
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1069677

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Space-Age Solar System
Subject
Astronomy
Publication Year
1991
Type
Textbook
Author
Joseph F. Baugher
Subject Area
Science
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
31.1 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
7.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
87-006255
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
19
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
523.2
Table Of Content
THE FAMILY OF THE SUN. From Flat Earth to Spaceflight. Our Star, the Sun. PLANETS OF ROCK: THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM. The Earth From a Planetary Perspective. Earth's Nearest Neighbor--The Moon. Mercury--The Land of Fire. Venus--the Shrouded Inferno. Mars--A Frozen Miniature Earth. The Debris of the Solar System--the Asteroids. PLANETS OF LIQUID AND GAS: THE JOVIAN GIANTS. Jupiter--A Giant Among Worlds. Saturn--the Jewel of the Solar System. Miniature Solar System--Jupiter's Moons. Saturn's Moons--Worlds of Ice, Worlds of Mystery. WORLDS OF ICE: THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM. Uranus--Planet Turned Sideways. Neptune, and Triton--Worlds to Explore. Pluto--The Edge of the Solar System. Comets--the Primordial Snowballs. Death from the Skies. A QUESTION OF ORIGIN. Meteors and Meteorites--Visitors from Outer Space. The Origin of the Solar System. The Nebular Hypothesis Ascendant. Appendixes.
Synopsis
A thorough and up-to-date description of the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, and comets in our solar system. Coverage is non-mathematical, and is presented as a ?travelogue? of the solar neighborhood. Discussion is based heavily on results obtained from recent space probes to Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. Offers detailed descriptions of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and the results of the recent probes of Halley's comet. An extensive discussion of meteorites leads to a description of the current models of the solar system. Introductory chapters present theories of the solar system from the ancient Greeks to the present day. Other topics covered include the sun, its structure, and how it generates energy; the surfaces, internal structures, and histories of the planets, from innermost Mercury to farthest Pluto, and their moons., A thorough and up-to-date description of the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, and comets in our solar system. Coverage is non-mathematical, and is presented as a ?travelogue? of the solar neighborhood. Discussion is based heavily on results obtained from recent space probes to Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus.
LC Classification Number
QB501.B38 1988

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