Category Archives: Solar System

Moonwalk with Your Eyes: A Pocket Field Guide (Astronomer’s Pocket Field Guide)

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

Of all the many things we can look at in the night sky, the Moon is one of the richest in its ever-changing detail, as changes in light and shadow daily transform what you can see of every feature. Whether … Continue reading →

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Titan from Cassini-Huygens

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

This book comprehensively reviews our current knowledge of Saturn’s largest moon Titan featuring the latest results obtained by the Cassini-Huygens mission. A global author team addresses Titan’s origin and evolution, internal structure, surface geology, the atmosphere and ionosphere as well … Continue reading →

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The Tunguska Mystery (Astronomers’ Universe)

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

The purpose of the book is a dual one: to detail the nature and results of Tunguska investigations in the former USSR and present-day CIS, and to destroy two long-standing myths still held in the West. The first concerns alleged … Continue reading →

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The Origin and Dynamics of Solar Magnetism (Space Sciences Series of ISSI)

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

The book treats all aspects of solar magnetism, from its origin in the solar dynamo to its evolution annd dynamics that create the variability of solar phenomena, from its well-known 11-year activity cycle to the ever-changing pattern of sunspots and … Continue reading →

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Saturn from Cassini-Huygens

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

This book comprehensively reviews our current knowledge of Saturn featuring the latest results obtained by the Cassini-Huygens mission. A global author team addresses the planet’s origin and evolution, internal structure, composition and chemistry, the atmosphere and ionosphere, the magnetosphere, as … Continue reading →

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The Solar System

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

This book features essential coverage of all major aspects of Earth’s solar system, from every feature of the major planets to their satellites, small bodies, interplanetary phenomena, and cosmological context. Designed to meet the needs of both general readers and … Continue reading →

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Lunar Meteoroid Impacts and How to Observe Them (Astronomers’ Observing Guides)

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

The face of the Moon we see today has been substantially etched by the effects of meteor impacts. Craters on the Moon are the result of ancient impacts with large meteorites – or small asteroid-like bodies – which produced both … Continue reading →

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Guide to the Universe: Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets (Greenwood Guides to the Universe)

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series covers asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets—those small bodies that revolve the Sun—and provides readers with the most up-to-date understanding of the current state of scientific knowledge about them. Scientifically sound, … Continue reading →

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Measure Solar System Objects and Their Movements for Yourself! (Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series)

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

Instead of taking somebody’s word for it about the basic size and distance statistics for the solar system, this book shows amateur astronomers how to measure these things for themselves. This is an enriching experience for any amateur astronomer – … Continue reading →

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Giant Planets of Our Solar System: Atmospheres, Composition, and Structure (Springer Praxis Books / Astronomy and Planetary Sciences)

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

This book reviews the current state of knowledge of the atmospheres of the giant gaseous planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The current theories of their formation are reviewed and their recently observed temperature, composition and cloud structures are contrasted … Continue reading →

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