Orbiting the Sun : : Planets and Satellites of the Solar System /

Orbiting the Sun : : Planets and Satellites of the Solar System / / Fred L. Whipple.

--Spokes and braids in the rings of Saturn --Eddying currents around Jupiter's Great Red Spot --Volcanic eruptions on the satellite Io These are the images from Voyager that have made headlines and captured the public imagination. Now, a giant of twentieth century astronomy guides us on a liter...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
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Whipple, Fred L.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©1981
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Reprint 2014
Language:English
Series:Harvard Books on Astronomy ; 2
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Physical Description:1 online resource (338 p.) :; illustrated
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • 1. INTRODUCING THE PLANETS
  • 2. HOW THE SYSTEM HOLDS TOGETHER
  • 3. THE DISCOVERIES OF NEPTUNE AND PLUTO
  • 4. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
  • 5. THE EARTH
  • 6. THE EARTH AS AN ABODE FOR LIFE
  • 7. THE MOON'S INFLUENCE ON THE EARTH
  • 8. OBSERVING THE MOON
  • 9. THE NATURE OF THE MOON
  • 10. PLUTO, MERCURY, AND VENUS
  • 11. MARS
  • 12. GREAT JUPITER AND HIS SATELLITES
  • 13. THE OTHER GIANT SYSTEMS - SATURN, URANUS, AND NEPTUNE
  • 14. COMPARISONS AMONG PLANETS AND SATELLITES
  • 15. ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
  • APPENDIX 1
  • APPENDIX 2
  • APPENDIX 3
  • APPENDIX 4
  • APPENDIX 5
  • APPENDIX 6
  • INDEX

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