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The Space-Age Solar System Joseph F. Baugher

The Space-Age Solar System By Joseph F. Baugher

The Space-Age Solar System by Joseph F. Baugher


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Summary

Aims to provide a non-mathematical description of the Sun, planets, moons, asteroids and comets of the solar system. Discussion is based on results obtained from recent space probes to Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and Uranus.

The Space-Age Solar System Summary

The Space-Age Solar System by Joseph F. Baugher

This volume aims to provide a non-mathematical description of the Sun, planets, moons, asteroids and comets in our solar system. Discussion is based on results obtained from recent space probes to Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. The text offers detailed descriptions of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and the results of the recent probes of Halley's Comet. An extensive discussion of meteorites leads to a description of the current models of the solar system. Introductory chapters present theories of the solar system from the ancient Greeks to the present day. Other topics covered include the Sun, its structure and how it generates energy, and the surfaces, internal structures and histories of the planets.

About Joseph F. Baugher

Joseph F. Baugher is a retired physicist, software engineer, and author, who has also written articles on aviation. He graduated from Gettysburg College in 1963 and studied physics under Philip J. Bray at Brown University, receiving a Ph.D. in 1968.

Table of Contents

THE FAMILY OF THE SUN. From Flat Earth to Spaceflight. Our Star, the Sun. PLANETS OF ROCK: THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM. The Earth From a Planetary Perspective. Earth's Nearest Neighbor----The Moon. Mercury----The Land of Fire. Venus----the Shrouded Inferno. Mars----A Frozen Miniature Earth. The Debris of the Solar System----the Asteroids. PLANETS OF LIQUID AND GAS: THE JOVIAN GIANTS. Jupiter----A Giant Among Worlds. Saturn----the Jewel of the Solar System. Miniature Solar System----Jupiter's Moons. Saturn's Moons----Worlds of Ice, Worlds of Mystery. WORLDS OF ICE: THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM. Uranus----Planet Turned Sideways. Neptune, and Triton----Worlds to Explore. Pluto----The Edge of the Solar System. Comets----the Primordial Snowballs. Death from the Skies. A QUESTION OF ORIGIN. Meteors and Meteorites----Visitors from Outer Space. The Origin of the Solar System. The Nebular Hypothesis Ascendant. Appendixes.

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GOR006418707
9780471850342
0471850349
The Space-Age Solar System by Joseph F. Baugher
Used - Well Read
Paperback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
1987-07-15
464
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