The New Solar System
3rd Edition
Published on 27. July 1990
Book
Hardback
334 pages
978-0-521-36162-0 (ISBN)
Description
Knowledge of the solar system to the present day is summarized in this book which includes the story of the first decades of space exploration, told by some of the pioneers of the era. In this third edition every article has been rewritten to incorporate recent discoveries and developments.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 290 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1545 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-36162-0 (9780521361620)
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Previous edition
J. Kelly Beatty
The New Solar System
Book
06/1983
2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
€15.48
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Content
The golden age of solar system exploration, N.W.Hinners; the sun, R.W Noyes; magnetospheres, cosmic rays and the interplanetary medium, J.A.Van Allen; the moon, P.D.Spudis; Mars, M.H.Carr; planet Earth, D.L.Anderson; surfaces of the terrestrial planets, J.W.Head, III; atmospheres of the terrestrial planets, J.B.Pollack; the Voyager encounters, B.A.Smith; interiors of the giant planets, W.B.Hubbard; atmospheres of the giant planets, A.P.Ingersoll; planetary rings, J.A.Burns; the Galilean satellites, T.V.Johnson; Titan, T.Owen; icy bodies of the outer solar system, D.P.Cruikshank and D.Morrison; the Halley encounters, R.Reinhars; comets, J.C.Brandt; asteroids, C.R.Chapman; meteorites, J.A.Wood; small bodies and their origins, W.K.Hartmann; the collision of solid bodies, E.W.Shoemaker and C.S.Shoemaker; life in the new solar system?, G.A.Soffen; putting it all together, J.S.Lewis.