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Distant worlds：milestones in planetary exploration

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bond Peter
Published: Copernicus Books in association with Praxis Pub.,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: c2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Planets
Planets > Exploration
Planètes
Planètes > Exploration
Outer space > Exploration
Espace extra-atmosphérique > Exploration
Carrier Form: x, 325 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 9780387402123 (acid-free paper)
0387402128 (acid-free paper)
Index Number: P185
CLC: P185
Call Number: P185/B711
Contents: Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Discovering distant worlds -- Mercury : the iron planet -- Venus : the runaway greenhouse -- The moon : queen of the night -- Mars : the red planet -- Asteroids : vermin of the skies -- Jupiter : king of the planets -- Saturn : lightweight lord of the rings -- Uranus : the toppled giant -- Neptune : the last giant -- Pluto : king of the Kuiper Belt -- Comets : cosmic icebergs -- Appendices. Lunar and planetary missions ; Planetary data ; Satellite data ; Planetary rings ; The largest known Kuiper Belt objects ; Lunar and planetary firsts.

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