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Distant worlds : milestones in planetary exploration /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bond, Peter
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Copernicus Books in association with Praxis Pub., [2007]
Subjects:
Planets > Exploration.
Planets.
Planètes > Exploration.
Planètes.
Outer space > Exploration.
Espace extra-atmosphérique > Exploration.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Discovering distant worlds
  • Mercury : the iron planet
  • Venus : the runaway greenhouse
  • The moon : queen of the night
  • Mars : the red planet
  • Asteroids : vermin of the skies
  • Jupiter : king of the planets
  • Saturn : lightweight lord of the rings
  • Uranus : the toppled giant
  • Neptune : the last giant
  • Pluto : king of the Kuiper Belt
  • Comets : cosmic icebergs
  • Appendices. Lunar and planetary missions ; Planetary data ; Satellite data ; Planetary rings ; The largest known Kuiper Belt objects ; Lunar and planetary firsts.