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050	0	0	_aQB45 _b.A16 1991
082	0	0	_220 _a520 _bA.G.E
100	1		_aAbell, George O. _q(George Ogden), _d1927-1983. _eauthor
245	1	0	_aExploration of the universe / _cGeorge O. Abell, David Morrison, Sidney C. Wolff.
250			_asixth edition
264		1	_aPhiladelphia : _bSaunders College Pub., _c1991.
300			_axiv, 682 pages : _bcolor illustrations ; _c29 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aSaunders golden sunburst series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [623]-628) and index.
505	0		_aEarly 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.
650		0	_aAstronomy.
700	1		_aMorrison, David, _d1940- _eauthor
700	1		_aWolff, Sidney C. _eauthor
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