Author: Stephen J. Alexander
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788301411
Category : Dreams
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Join Peter and his daddy as they embark on a magical mission into the depths of outer space to explore the little-known dwarf planets.
Peter and the Dwarf Planets
Author: Stephen J. Alexander
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788301411
Category : Dreams
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Join Peter and his daddy as they embark on a magical mission into the depths of outer space to explore the little-known dwarf planets.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788301411
Category : Dreams
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Join Peter and his daddy as they embark on a magical mission into the depths of outer space to explore the little-known dwarf planets.
Exploring the Solar System
Author: Peter Bond
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119384915
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1683
Book Description
An Exciting and Authoritative Account of the Second Golden Age of Solar System Exploration Award-winning author Peter Bond provides an up-to-date, in-depth account of the sun and its family in the 2nd edition of Exploring the Solar System. This new edition brings together the discoveries and advances in scientific understanding made during the last 60 years of solar and planetary exploration, using research conducted by the world's leading geoscientists, astronomers, and physicists. Exploring the Solar System, 2nd Edition is an ideal introduction for non-science undergraduates and anyone interested in learning about our small corner of the Milky Way galaxy.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119384915
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1683
Book Description
An Exciting and Authoritative Account of the Second Golden Age of Solar System Exploration Award-winning author Peter Bond provides an up-to-date, in-depth account of the sun and its family in the 2nd edition of Exploring the Solar System. This new edition brings together the discoveries and advances in scientific understanding made during the last 60 years of solar and planetary exploration, using research conducted by the world's leading geoscientists, astronomers, and physicists. Exploring the Solar System, 2nd Edition is an ideal introduction for non-science undergraduates and anyone interested in learning about our small corner of the Milky Way galaxy.
My Little Book of Space
Author: Peter Grego
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781715550
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
What is the sun? Where does Earth fit into the solar system? Which planet is 1321 times the size of Earth? Learning about space has never been so easy with this compact book of all things space. The interesting facts will have even the most reluctant readers hooked. Learn why Saturn is the only planet surrounded by rings, and how many years it takes the farthest planet to orbit the sun!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781715550
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
What is the sun? Where does Earth fit into the solar system? Which planet is 1321 times the size of Earth? Learning about space has never been so easy with this compact book of all things space. The interesting facts will have even the most reluctant readers hooked. Learn why Saturn is the only planet surrounded by rings, and how many years it takes the farthest planet to orbit the sun!
Meet the Planets
Author: John McGranaghan
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
ISBN: 1607188694
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Presents an introduction to the Solar System and the physical features of the eight planets that revolve around the Sun, in a text that includes learning activities.
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
ISBN: 1607188694
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Presents an introduction to the Solar System and the physical features of the eight planets that revolve around the Sun, in a text that includes learning activities.
The Dwarf Planets
Author: Steve Kortenkamp
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1429662425
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Dwarf Planets.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1429662425
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Dwarf Planets.
A Place for Pluto
Author: Stef Wade
Publisher: Capstone Editions
ISBN: 168446093X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Shocked to be stripped of his planet status, Pluto goes on a quest to find his place in the universe. Includes educational materials.
Publisher: Capstone Editions
ISBN: 168446093X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Shocked to be stripped of his planet status, Pluto goes on a quest to find his place in the universe. Includes educational materials.
The Sun, Planets, and Dwarf Planets
Author:
Publisher: PediaPress
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Publisher: PediaPress
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Asteroids and Dwarf Planets and How to Observe Them
Author: Roger Dymock
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1441964398
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Dwarf 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.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1441964398
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Dwarf 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.
Dark Companions of Stars
Author: P. Kamp
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400946929
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
If you want to understand the invisible, look careful at the visible. The Talmud A 'bird's eye' or rather a distant spacecraft's view of the solar system reveals an assembly of planets, terrestrial, giant and Pluto. The orbital motions are in the same sense, counter clockwise, as seen from the north of the general flattened space within which the planetary motions are confined. This state of affairs is corevolving and, more or less, coplanar. The rotations are in the same sense as the revolutions, with the strikiiig exception of Uranus whose sense of rotation is perpendicular to its plane of revolution. As time goes by, most of the planets remain fairly close to a general plane and at no time stray unduly far from it; they remain confined within a rather narrow box or disk with a large 'equatorial' extent. The most distant planet, Pluto, requires a diameter of some 80 astronomical units for the disk. One astronomical unit is the distance of the Earth to the Sun, to be more precise the length of half the major axis of the Earth's slightly elliptical orbit around the Sun, and amounts to nearly 149600000 km.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400946929
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
If you want to understand the invisible, look careful at the visible. The Talmud A 'bird's eye' or rather a distant spacecraft's view of the solar system reveals an assembly of planets, terrestrial, giant and Pluto. The orbital motions are in the same sense, counter clockwise, as seen from the north of the general flattened space within which the planetary motions are confined. This state of affairs is corevolving and, more or less, coplanar. The rotations are in the same sense as the revolutions, with the strikiiig exception of Uranus whose sense of rotation is perpendicular to its plane of revolution. As time goes by, most of the planets remain fairly close to a general plane and at no time stray unduly far from it; they remain confined within a rather narrow box or disk with a large 'equatorial' extent. The most distant planet, Pluto, requires a diameter of some 80 astronomical units for the disk. One astronomical unit is the distance of the Earth to the Sun, to be more precise the length of half the major axis of the Earth's slightly elliptical orbit around the Sun, and amounts to nearly 149600000 km.
Dawn of Small Worlds
Author: Michael Moltenbrey
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319230034
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
This book gives a detailed introduction to the thousands and thousands of smaller bodies in the solar system. Written for interested laymen, amateur astronomers and students it describes the nature and origin of asteroids, dwarf planets and comets, and gives detailed information about their role in the solar system. The author nicely reviews the history of small-world-exploration and describes past, current and future space craft missions studying small worlds, and presents their results. Readers will learn that small solar system worlds have a dramatically different nature and appearance than the planets. Even though research activity on small worlds has increased in the recent past many of their properties are still in the dark and need further research.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319230034
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
This book gives a detailed introduction to the thousands and thousands of smaller bodies in the solar system. Written for interested laymen, amateur astronomers and students it describes the nature and origin of asteroids, dwarf planets and comets, and gives detailed information about their role in the solar system. The author nicely reviews the history of small-world-exploration and describes past, current and future space craft missions studying small worlds, and presents their results. Readers will learn that small solar system worlds have a dramatically different nature and appearance than the planets. Even though research activity on small worlds has increased in the recent past many of their properties are still in the dark and need further research.