Download or read book Astronomy Orbits of the Planets written by Steven Seferi and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dot Grid 5mm spacing Notebook Journal (8.5 x 11 Large) This black and white notebook journal features a Vintage Astronomy Star Map Chart called the Orbits Of The Planets, this 1850s sky is wonderfully detailed with stars, comets and Planets. Inside there is plenty of room for writing all your notes and zodiac ideas. It can be used as a notebook, journal or composition book. This paperback notebook is 8.5" x 11" (letter size) and has 100 pages (50 sheets) that are Dot Grid with 5mm spacing, we believe that you will find our unique notebook journals beautiful and fun to own.
Download or read book An Introduction to the Solar System written by David A. Rothery and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ongoing advances in Solar System exploration continue to reveal its splendour and diversity in remarkable detail. This undergraduate-level textbook presents fascinating descriptions and colour images of the bodies in the Solar System, the processes that occur upon and within them, and their origins and evolution. It highlights important concepts and techniques in boxed summaries, while questions and exercises are embedded at appropriate points throughout the text, with full solutions provided. Written and edited by a team of practising planetary scientists, this third edition has been updated to reflect our current knowledge. It is ideal for introductory courses on the subject, and is suitable for self-study. The text is supported by online resources, hosted at www.cambridge.org/solarsystem3, which include selected figures from the book, self-assessment questions and sample tutor assignments, with outlines of suggested answers.
Download or read book The Observer s Guide to Planetary Motion written by Dominic Ford and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the naked eye, the most evident defining feature of the planets is their motion across the night sky. It was this motion that allowed ancient civilizations to single them out as different from fixed stars. “The Observer’s Guide to Planetary Motion” takes each planet and its moons (if it has them) in turn and describes how the geometry of the Solar System gives rise to its observed motions. Although the motions of the planets may be described as simple elliptical orbits around the Sun, we have to observe them from a particular vantage point: the Earth, which spins daily on its axis and circles around the Sun each year. The motions of the planets as observed relative to this spinning observatory take on more complicated patterns. Periodically, objects become prominent in the night sky for a few weeks or months, while at other times they pass too close to the Sun to be observed. “The Observer’s Guide to Planetary Motion” provides accurate tables of the best time for observing each planet, together with other notable events in their orbits, helping amateur astronomers plan when and what to observe. Uniquely each of the chapters includes extensive explanatory text, relating the events listed to the physical geometry of the Solar System. Along the way, many questions are answered: Why does Mars take over two years between apparitions (the times when it is visible from Earth) in the night sky, while Uranus and Neptune take almost exactly a year? Why do planets appear higher in the night sky when they’re visible in the winter months? Why do Saturn’s rings appear to open and close every 15 years? This book places seemingly disparate astronomical events into an understandable three-dimensional structure, enabling an appreciation that, for example, very good apparitions of Mars come around roughly every 15 years and that those in 2018 and 2035 will be nearly as good as that seen in 2003. Events are listed for the time period 2010-2030 and in the case of rarer events (such as eclipses and apparitions of Mars) even longer time periods are covered. A short closing chapter describes the seasonal appearance of deep sky objects, which follow an annual cycle as a result of Earth’s orbital motion around the Sun.
Download or read book Bad Astronomy written by Philip C. Plait and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-10-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advance praise for Philip Plait s Bad Astronomy "Bad Astronomy is just plain good! Philip Plait clears up everymisconception on astronomy and space you never knew you sufferedfrom." --Stephen Maran, Author of Astronomy for Dummies and editorof The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia "Thank the cosmos for the bundle of star stuff named Philip Plait,who is the world s leading consumer advocate for quality science inspace and on Earth. This important contribution to science willrest firmly on my reference library shelf, ready for easy accessthe next time an astrologer calls." --Dr. Michael Shermer,Publisher of Skeptic magazine, monthly columnist for ScientificAmerican, and author of The Borderlands of Science "Philip Plait has given us a readable, erudite, informative,useful, and entertaining book. Bad Astronomy is Good Science. Verygood science..." --James "The Amazing" Randi, President, JamesRandi Educational Foundation, and author of An Encyclopedia ofClaims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural "Bad Astronomy is a fun read. Plait is wonderfully witty andeducational as he debunks the myths, legends, and 'conspiraciesthat abound in our society. 'The Truth Is Out There' and it's inthis book. I loved it!" --Mike Mullane, Space Shuttle astronaut andauthor of Do Your Ears Pop in Space?
Download or read book Our Solar System Overview written by Norma O'Toole and published by Milliken Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the solar system from the comfort of the classroom! Students will learn elementary concepts about the eight planets and Pluto, their orbits, and more! Use the background material to start the discussion, and use the activities, worksheets, questions, and answers to encourage further exploration.
Download or read book Formation Of The Solar System The Theories Old And New 2nd Edition written by Michael Mark Woolfson and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully-updated second edition remains the only truly detailed exploration of the origins of our Solar System, written by an authority in the field. Unlike other authors, Michael Woolfson focuses on the formation of the solar system, engaging the reader in an intelligent yet accessible discussion of the development of ideas about how the Solar System formed from ancient times to the present.Within the last five decades new observations and new theoretical advances have transformed the way scientists think about the problem of finding a plausible theory. Spacecraft and landers have explored the planets of the Solar System, observations have been made of Solar-System bodies outside the region of the planets and planets have been detected and observed around many solar-type stars. This new edition brings in the most recent discoveries, including the establishment of dwarf planets and challenges to the ‘standard model’ of planet formation — the Solar Nebula Theory.While presenting the most up-to-date material and the underlying science of the theories described, the book avoids technical jargon and terminology. It thus remains a digestible read for the non-expert interested reader, whilst being detailed and comprehensive enough to be used as an undergraduate physics and astronomy textbook, where the formation of the solar system is a key part of the course.Michael Woolfson is Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at University of York and is an award-winning crystallographer and astronomer.
Download or read book The Wonder of Our Solar System written by Lisa Greathouse and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2007-09-21 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This fascinating book is part of the Earth and Space Sciences Readers for students in Upper Primary School.Can you name all nine planets? Which planet is closest to Earth? Which planet is closest to the sun? Lets learn all about our solar systemContents:Our Place in the UniverseThe SunThe PlanetsDwarf Planets GaloreAsteroids, Meteoroids, and CometsConstellationsAppendices
Download or read book Moons of the Solar System Revised Second Edition written by Thomas Wm. Hamilton and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retired astronomer Thomas Wm. Hamilton has written six books on astronomy. But science always changes. His most recent book, Moons of the Solar System, has just been revised to incorporate the newest research and information on these amazing bodies in the sky. The new title is Moons of the Solar System, Revised Second Edition: Incorporating the Latest Discoveries in Our Solar System as well as Suspected Exomoons. Having once worked on the Apollo Project, the author has long been fascinated in studying moons. From Galileo’s discoveries in 1610, to the latest returns from the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn, four centuries of discoveries in the solar system are summarized, complete with the names of those responsible for finding them. The 185 known moons of the planets and dwarf planets in the solar system are described in great detail, from how they were discovered, and by whom, to information about their sizes and orbits. The strange and exotic origins of the moons’ names make for astonishing stories. Moons of the Solar System also includes the possible dangers faced by human travel in space.
Download or read book The Story of the Solar System written by George Frederick Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Discover Solar System written by Norma O'Toole and published by Lorenz Educational Press. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The activities in this book explain elementary concepts in the study of the solar system, including orbits, the sun, the moon and moon phases, planets, seasons, and day and night. General background information, suggested activities, questions for discussion, and answers are included. Encourage students to keep completed pages in a folder or notebook for further reference and review.
Download or read book Elements of Astronomy written by John Davis and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of the Solar System Simply Told for General Readers written by Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Planets written by Norma O'Toole and published by Milliken Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the solar system from the comfort of the classroom! Students will take an depth look at the inner and outer planets by comparing and contrasting their characteristics. Use the background material to start the discussion, and use the activities, worksheets, questions, and answers to encourage further exploration.
Download or read book The Origin and Evolution of the Solar System written by Michael M. Woolfson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The origin of the solar system has been a matter of speculation for many centuries, and since the time of Newton it has been possible to apply scientific principles to the problem. A succession of theories, starting with that of Pierre Laplace in 1796, has gained general acceptance, only to fall from favor due to its contradiction in some basic scientific principle or new heavenly observation. Modern observations by spacecraft of the solar system, the stars, and extra-solar planetary systems continuously provide new information that may be helpful in finding a plausible theory as well as present new constraints for any such theory to satisfy. The Origin and Evolution of the Solar System begins by describing historical (pre-1950) theories and illustrating why they became unacceptable. The main part of the book critically examines five extant theories, including the current paradigm, the solar nebula theory, to determine how well they fit with accepted scientific principles and observations. This analysis shows that the solar nebula theory satisfies the principles and observational constraints no better than its predecessors. The capture theory put forward by the author fares better and also indicates an initial scenario leading to a causal series of events that explain all the major features of the solar system.
Download or read book Physical Processes in the Solar System written by John D. Landstreet and published by London, Ont. : Keenan & Darlington. This book was released on 2003 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Planetary and Stellar Worlds written by Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Celestial Mechanics written by Alessandra Celletti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-24 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to demonstrate to a wider audience, as well as to a more skilled audience, the many fascinating aspects of modern celestial mechanics. It sets out to do this without the use of mathematics. After giving the reader the technical tools needed for a basic understanding of the underlying physical phenomena (using only elementary mathematics), facts and figures are provided on historical events, modern discoveries and future applications. Contents are divided into major topics where the three "souls" of modern celestial mechanics (dynamical systems, Solar System and stellar systems, spaceflight dynamics) play a major role.
