Guide to the Universe: Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets
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Published: 2009
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Guide to the Universe: Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKGeared toward students, this guide provides an overview of the small bodies that orbit the sun. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series covers asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets--those small bodies that revolve the Sun--and provides readers with the most up-to-date understanding of the current state of scientific knowledge about them. Scientifically sound, but written with the student in mind, Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets is an excellent first step for researching the exciting scientific discoveries of the smallest celestial bodies in the solar system. The book will introduce students to all of the areas of research surrounding the subject, answering many intriguing questions. It defines a dwarf planet and explains why Pluto is one. It looks at how such small bodies form, what they are made of, and what kind of atmospheres might they have. And it asks--and answers--whether asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets present a hazard to the Earth or to spacecraft.
Guide to the Universe: Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets
Author: Andrew S. Rivkin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2009-10-15
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 0313344337
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGeared toward students, this guide provides an overview of the small bodies that orbit the sun. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series covers asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets—those small bodies that revolve the Sun—and provides readers with the most up-to-date understanding of the current state of scientific knowledge about them. Scientifically sound, but written with the student in mind, Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets is an excellent first step for researching the exciting scientific discoveries of the smallest celestial bodies in the solar system. The book will introduce students to all of the areas of research surrounding the subject, answering many intriguing questions. It defines a dwarf planet and explains why Pluto is one. It looks at how such small bodies form, what they are made of, and what kind of atmospheres might they have. And it asks—and answers—whether asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets present a hazard to the Earth or to spacecraft.
Asteroids and Dwarf Planets and How to Observe Them
Author: Roger Dymock
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2010-11-01
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 1441964398
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDwarf planets (which were formerly called asteroids except for the planet Pluto), and the smaller Solar System bodies still called asteroids today, are making front page news, particularly those that are newly discovered and those that might present a hazard to life on Earth by impacting our planet. In this age of giant telescopes and space probes, these small Solar System bodies have advanced from being tiny points of light to bodies worthy of widespread study. This book describes the dwarf planets and asteroids themselves, their origins, orbits, and composition, and at how amateur astronomers can play a part in their detection, tracking, and imaging. The book is divided into two parts. Part I describes physical properties (including taxonomic types) of dwarf planets and asteroids, how they formed in the early life of the Solar System, and how they evolved to their present positions, groups, and families. It also covers the properties used to define these small Solar System bodies: magnitude, rotation rates (described by their light-curves), and orbital characteristics. Part II opens with a description of the hardware and software an amateur or practical astronomer needs to observe and also to image asteroids. Then numerous observing techniques are covered in depth. Finally, there are lists of relevant amateur and professional organizations and how to submit your own observations to them.
Guide to the Universe: Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets
Author: Andrew S. Rivkin
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 2009-10-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780313344329
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGuide to the Universe: The Sun
Author: David Alexander
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2009-05-20
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1573567787
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOur knowledge of the universe has increased tremendously over the last century, and our discoveries are not over - there remain scientific mysteries that the next generation of astronomers and planetary scientists will need to solve. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series covers the Sun, and provides readers with the most up-to-date understanding of the current state of scientific knowledge. Scientifically sound, but written with the student in mind, The Sun is an excellent first step for researching the exciting scientific discoveries of the star at the center of our solar system. The Sun discusses all areas of research surrounding the subject, including: Sunspots and the solar surface; the many faces of the solar atmosphere; the solar wind and solar storms; and the long-term climate effects on the earth's atmosphere. The volume includes a glossary and a bibliography of useful resources for learning more about the subject.
Guide to the Universe: Outer Planets
Author: Glenn F. Chaple
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2009-09-10
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 0313365717
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA long-time avid amateur astronomer living in Massachusetts, Chaple profiles the Jovian planets, that is the gas giants and their many moons, but not the former planet Pluto. His topics include the birth of the Jovian planets, Jupiter's moons as a solar system in miniature, Saturn as the crown jewel of the Solar System (the full sized one), the tipped-over world Uranus, Neptune the planet discovered on paper, Jovian planets beyond our solar system, and Voyager 2's grand tour.
Guide to the Universe: Stars and Galaxies
Author: Lauren V. Jones
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2009-12-22
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 1573567493
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis up-to-date volume offers student researchers an unexcelled primer on current scientific knowledge about stars. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series provides the most up-to-date understanding available of the current knowledge about stars. Scientifically sound, but written with the student in mind, Stars is an excellent first step for young people researching the exciting scientific discoveries that continue to extend our knowledge of the universe. Stars is organized thematically to help students better understand these most interesting heavenly bodies. Stars discusses all areas of what is known about the subject. It will help student understand things such as white dwarfs, neutron stars, pulsars, and black holes. And it will answer student questions such as: Why do stars have different colors and how are they classified? How do we know what stars are made of? How did scientists figure out how stars evolved?
Guide to the Universe: Inner Planets
Author: Jennifer A. Grier Ph.D.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2009-12-22
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 0313344310
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn expert in planetary sciences offers an accessible synopsis of scientific knowledge about the celestial bodies with which we are most familiar—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series covers the inner planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Thematic chapters discuss all of the many areas of astronomical research surrounding each subject, providing readers with the most up-to-date understanding of current knowledge and the ways in which it has been obtained. Like all of the books in this series, Inner Planets is scientifically sound, but written with the student in mind. It is an excellent first step for researching the exciting scientific discoveries of the Earth and its closest neighbors.
The Biological Universe
Author: Wallace Arthur
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-09-24
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 1108836941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCurrent state of play in astrobiology, including exoplanets and their atmospheres, habitable zones and the likelihood of evolution elsewhere.
