by Neil F. Comins
Fifth Edition ©2013
ISBN-10: 1-4292-5519-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-4292-5519-6 Paper Text, 300 pages See available formats »
CONTENTSPreface 1 Discovering the Night Sky 2 Gravitation and the Motion of the Planets3 Light and Telescopes4 Formation of the Solar System and Other Planetary Systems 5 The Terrestrial Planets and Their Moons6 The Outer Planets and Their Moons7 Dwarf Planets and Small Solar System Bodies8 The Sun: Our Extraordinary Ordinary Star9 Characterizing Stars10 The Lives of Stars11 The Deaths and Remnants of Stars12 The Galaxies 13 Cosmology14 AstrobiologyAppendicesGlossary Answers to Margin Questions and Computational Questions Index
CONTENTS
Preface
1 Discovering the Night Sky 2 Gravitation and the Motion of the Planets3 Light and Telescopes4 Formation of the Solar System and Other Planetary Systems 5 The Terrestrial Planets and Their Moons6 The Outer Planets and Their Moons7 Dwarf Planets and Small Solar System Bodies8 The Sun: Our Extraordinary Ordinary Star9 Characterizing Stars10 The Lives of Stars11 The Deaths and Remnants of Stars12 The Galaxies 13 Cosmology14 Astrobiology
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