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Solar System Moons e-bog
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Starting from Mars outward this concise handbook provides thorough information on the satellites of the planets in the solar system. Each chapter begins with a section on the discovery and the naming of the planet's satellites or rings. This is followed by a section presenting the historic sources of those names. The book contains tables with the orbital and physical parameters of all satellite...
E-bog
875,33 DKK
Forlag
Springer
Udgivet
19 september 2009
Genrer
Museology and heritage studies
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9783540688532
Starting from Mars outward this concise handbook provides thorough information on the satellites of the planets in the solar system. Each chapter begins with a section on the discovery and the naming of the planet's satellites or rings. This is followed by a section presenting the historic sources of those names. The book contains tables with the orbital and physical parameters of all satellites and is illustrated throughout with modern photos of the planets and their moons as well as historical and mythological drawings. The Cyrillic transcriptions of the satellite names are provided in a register.Readers interested in the history of astronomy and its mythological backgrounds will enjoy this beautiful volume.