TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abell,George O.
AU  - Morrison,David
AU  - Wolff,Sidney C.
TI  - Exploration of the universe
T2  - Saunders golden sunburst series
SN  - 0030345847(hb)
AV  - QB45 .A16 1991
U1  - 520 20
PY  - 1991///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - Saunders College Pub.
KW  - Astronomy
N1  - 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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