Distant worlds : milestones in planetary exploration /

Distant worlds : milestones in planetary exploration /

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Author / Creator:	Bond, Peter.
Imprint:	New York : Copernicus Books in association with Praxis Pub., c2007.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 325 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Planets. Planets -- Exploration. Exploration of outer space. Planets. Planets -- Exploration. Outer space -- Exploration. Outer space.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8884406

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ISBN:	9780387683676 0387683674
Notes:	Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	Recounts the epic saga of how we as human beings have come to understand the Solar System. This book describes the achievements of the astronomers, space scientists, and engineers who have made the exploration of our Solar System possible.
Other form:	Print version: Bond, Peter. Distant worlds. New York : Copernicus Books in association with Praxis Pub., c2007 9780387402123 0387402128

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Summary:	CHAPTER 1: DISCOVERING DISTANT WORLDS 3 CHAPTER 2: MERCURY: THE IRON PLANET 21 CHAPTER 3: VENUS: THE RUNAWAY GREENHOUSE 45 CHAPTER 4: THE MOON: QUEEN OF THE NIGHT 69 5: MARS: THE RED PLANET CHAPTER 101 CHAPTER 6: ASTEROIDS: VERMIN OF THE SKIES 129 CHAPTER 7: JUPITER: KING OF THE PLANETS 147 CHAPTER 8: SATURN: LIGHTWEIGHT LORD OF THE RINGS 185 CHAPTER 9: URANUS: THE TOPPLED GIANT 217 CHAPTER 10: NEPTUNE: THE LAST GIANT 237 CHAPTER 11: PLUTO: KING OF THE KUIPER BELT 257 CHAPTER 12: COMETS: COSMIC ICEBERGS 269 APPENDICES 1: Lunar and Planetary Missions 285 2: Planetary Data 298 3: Satellite Data 299 4: Planetary Rings 305 5: The Largest Known Kuiper Belt Objects 307 6: Lunar and Planetary Firsts 308 7: Selected Reading List 310 8: Selected Websites 314 INDEX 317 VII Until about 500 years ago, the Earth was believed to lie at Pluto and its recently discovered, larger cousin in the far the center of the Universe, with the Sun and five planets reaches of the Sun's realm. For the first time, human eyes revolving around it. The planets themselves were merely have been able to see towering cliffs, dust devils, erupting points of light that drifted across the stellar constellations.
Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (x, 325 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780387683676 0387683674