Distant worlds:milestones in planetary exploration
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Published: |
Copernicus Books in association with Praxis Pub.,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | c2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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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. |