Exploration of the universe / George O. Abell, David Morrison, Sidney C. Wolff.

By:

Abell, George O. (George Ogden), 1927-1983 [author]

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Saunders golden sunburst seriesPublisher: Philadelphia : Saunders College Pub., 1991Edition: sixth editionDescription: xiv, 682 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0030345847(hb)

Subject(s):

Astronomy

DDC classification:

20 520 A.G.E

LOC classification:

QB45 .A16 1991

Contents:

Early astronomy: myth and science -- Copernicus and the heliocentric hypothesis -- Gravitation: action at a distance -- Gravitation in the planetary system -- The celestial clockwork -- The moon and planets in the sky -- Light: messenger from space -- Special relativity: a conflict brought to light -- Optical astronomy -- New windows on the universe -- The planetary system -- Earth as a planet -- Cratered worlds: moon and Mercury -- Mars: the planet most like earth -- Venus: the hottest planet -- The outer planets -- Satellites and rings -- Asteroids and impacts. (Cont.) Comets and interplanetary dust -- Meteorites and the origin of the solar system -- Surveying the heavens -- Analyzing starlight -- Double stars: weighing and measuring them -- The stars: a celestial census -- Between the stars: gas and dust in space -- The sun: an ordinary star -- The sun: a nuclear powerhouse -- The birth of stars -- Star clusters: tests of stellar evolution -- Evolution and death of old stars -- General relativity: curved spacetime and black holes -- The milky way galaxy -- Galaxies -- Structure and evolution of the universe -- The big bang. Appendices: Power of ten notation -- Units -- Some useful constants -- Astronomical coordinate systems -- Elements of an orbit -- Some nuclear reactions of importance in astronomy -- Orbital data for the planets -- Physical data for the planets -- Satellites of the planets -- Total solar eclipses from 1972 through 2030 -- The nearest stars -- The twenty brightest stars -- Variable stars -- The local group of galaxies -- The Messier catalogue of nebulae and star clusters -- The chemical elements -- The constellations.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [623]-628) and index.

Early astronomy: myth and science --
Copernicus and the heliocentric hypothesis --
Gravitation: action at a distance --
Gravitation in the planetary system --
The celestial clockwork --
The moon and planets in the sky --
Light: messenger from space --
Special relativity: a conflict brought to light --
Optical astronomy --
New windows on the universe --
The planetary system --
Earth as a planet --
Cratered worlds: moon and Mercury --
Mars: the planet most like earth --
Venus: the hottest planet --
The outer planets --
Satellites and rings --
Asteroids and impacts. (Cont.) Comets and interplanetary dust --
Meteorites and the origin of the solar system --
Surveying the heavens --
Analyzing starlight --
Double stars: weighing and measuring them --
The stars: a celestial census --
Between the stars: gas and dust in space --
The sun: an ordinary star --
The sun: a nuclear powerhouse --
The birth of stars --
Star clusters: tests of stellar evolution --
Evolution and death of old stars --
General relativity: curved spacetime and black holes --
The milky way galaxy --
Galaxies --
Structure and evolution of the universe --
The big bang. Appendices: Power of ten notation --
Units --
Some useful constants --
Astronomical coordinate systems --
Elements of an orbit --
Some nuclear reactions of importance in astronomy --
Orbital data for the planets --
Physical data for the planets --
Satellites of the planets --
Total solar eclipses from 1972 through 2030 --
The nearest stars --
The twenty brightest stars --
Variable stars --
The local group of galaxies --
The Messier catalogue of nebulae and star clusters --
The chemical elements --
The constellations.

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