عنوان

Worlds fantastic, worlds familiar :

(Number (ISBN

1107152747 (hardcover)

(Number (ISBN

9781107152748 (hardcover)

Erroneous ISBN

9781108116879 (PDF ebook)

Title Proper

Worlds fantastic, worlds familiar :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a guided tour of the solar system /

First Statement of Responsibility

Bonnie J. Buratti, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2017.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

x, 239 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color) ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Introduction -- Mercury : the hottest little place -- Venus : an even hotter place -- Mars : the abode of life? -- Asteroids and comets : sweat the small stuff -- Galileo's treasures : worlds of fire and ice -- Enceladus : an active iceball in space -- Titan : an Earth in deep freeze? -- Iapetus and its friends : the weirdest "planets" in the solar system -- Pluto : the first view of the "third zone" -- Earths above : the search for exoplanets and life in the universe -- Epilogue.

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Text of Note

Join Bonnie J. Buratti, a leading planetary astronomer, on this personal tour of NASA's latest discoveries. Moving through the Solar System from Mercury, Venus, Mars, past comets and asteroids and the moons of the giant planets, to Pluto, and on to exoplanets, she gives vivid descriptions of landforms that are similar to those found on Earth but that are more fantastic. Sulfur-rich volcanoes and lakes on Io, active gullies on Mars, huge ice plumes and tar-like deposits on the moons of Saturn, hydrocarbon rivers and lakes on Titan, and nitrogen glaciers on Pluto are just some of the marvels that await readers. Discover what it is like to be involved in a major scientific enterprise, with all its pitfalls and excitement, from the perspective of a female scientist. This engaging account of modern space exploration is written for non-specialist readers, from students in high school to enthusiasts of all ages.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

Cambridge Univ Pr, 100 Brook Hill Dr, West Nyack, NY, USA, 10994-2133, (845)3537500

Astrogeology, Popular works.

Planetary science, Popular works.

Astrogeology.

Planet

Planetary science.

Sonnensystem

Solar system, Popular works.

Solar system.

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7

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Buratti, Bonnie Jean,1952-

Date of Transaction

20200822150102.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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