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Uranus, Neptune, Pluto: A longer view of their history and their movements in the years ahead

Uranus, Neptune, Pluto: A longer view of their history and their movements in the years aheadaf Guy Ottewell
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The original purpose of the "Longer View" books is to provide charts and descriptions of the planets' travels in the years ahead. But there is also the three-century human story (replete with controversies and ironies) of how the first "new" planets were discovered, each leading to the next. And there is much to point out about these bodies' characteristics and intricate motions.80 illustrations, and 73 short chapters, such as "Herschel's oboe and telescope", "Not the predicted planet", "The apple of discord", "Pioneers and Voyagers to the outer giants", "Neptune's circular yet wavy orbit", "Clusters of Uranus events", "Uranus by Moonlight", "Pluto's much-more-than-sidewise rotation", "Grim ferryman", "The Neptune-Pluto standoff", "The Pluto-Charon embrace", "Pluto's painted deserts", "Oligarchs and Plutocrats"...

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780934546751
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 74
  • Udgivet:
  • 29. juni 2018
  • Størrelse:
  • 216x5x279 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 259 g.
  • BLACK WEEK
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 10. december 2024
Forlænget returret til d. 31. januar 2025

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The original purpose of the "Longer View" books is to provide charts and descriptions of the planets' travels in the years ahead. But there is also the three-century human story (replete with controversies and ironies) of how the first "new" planets were discovered, each leading to the next. And there is much to point out about these bodies' characteristics and intricate motions.80 illustrations, and 73 short chapters, such as "Herschel's oboe and telescope", "Not the predicted planet", "The apple of discord", "Pioneers and Voyagers to the outer giants", "Neptune's circular yet wavy orbit", "Clusters of Uranus events", "Uranus by Moonlight", "Pluto's much-more-than-sidewise rotation", "Grim ferryman", "The Neptune-Pluto standoff", "The Pluto-Charon embrace", "Pluto's painted deserts", "Oligarchs and Plutocrats"...

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