Outer planets
From a cave in France to the jet propulsion laboratory : a historical look at the outer planets -- The nature of the beast : what is a Jovian planet? -- In the beginning : the birth of the Jovian planets -- Jupiter, king of the planets -- Jupiter's moons : a solar system in miniature -- Saturn,...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. u.a.
Greenwood Press/ABC-Clio
2009
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| Schriftenreihe: | Greenwood guides to the universe
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | From a cave in France to the jet propulsion laboratory : a historical look at the outer planets -- The nature of the beast : what is a Jovian planet? -- In the beginning : the birth of the Jovian planets -- Jupiter, king of the planets -- Jupiter's moons : a solar system in miniature -- Saturn, crown jewel of the solar system -- Saturn's moons : a death star, a deep freeze Earth, and more -- Uranus, a tipped-over world -- Neptune, the planet discovered on paper -- Exoplanets : Jovian planets beyond our solar system -- Voyager 2's grand tour -- The outer planets : a glance back and a look ahead. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XVII, 199 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780313365706 978-0-313-36570-6 |