عنوان

The Earth and the moon /

شابک

0816051941

شابک

9780816051946

شماره

b757685

عنوان اصلي

The Earth and the moon /

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Linda T. Elkins-Tanton.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Chelsea House,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2006.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xxii, 233 pages, 8 pages of plates :

ساير جزييات

illustrations (some color) ;

ابعاد

25 cm.

عنوان فروست

The solar system

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-223) and index.

متن يادداشت

The Earth -- The Earth: fast facts about a planet in orbit -- Fundamental information about the Earth -- The interior of the Earth -- Moment of inertia -- The brittle crust -- The solid but moving mantle -- High-pressure experiments -- Rheology, or how solids can flow -- The solid and liquid cores -- Magnetic field -- Temperatures, pressures, and compositions -- What is pressure? -- The early evolution of the planet Earth -- Elements and isotopes -- The visible planet -- How old is the Earth's surface? -- Surface features -- Determining age from radioactive isotopes -- Volcanism -- Earthquakes -- Atmosphere, surface conditions, and weather -- Life on Earth -- Dr. Sara Seager and the search for extrasolar planets -- The moon -- The moon: fast facts about the Earth's moon in orbit -- Formation of the moon -- Formation and evolution of the moon -- Formation and crystallization of the lunar magma ocean -- Highlands -- The late heavy meteorite bombardment -- Fossa, sulci, and other terms for planetary landforms -- Basins and volcanism -- The moon's interior and surface today -- The interior -- Surface features -- Remote sensing -- The insignificant magnetic fields and atmosphere -- Water on the moon? -- Missions to the moon -- Planned missions -- Conclusions: the known and the unknown -- Appendix 1: units and measurements -- Fundamental units -- Comparisons among Kelvin, Celsius, and Fahrenheit -- Useful measures of distance -- Definitions for electricity and magnetism -- Prefixes -- Appendix 2: light, wavelength, and radiation -- Appendix 3: a list of all known moons.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

Explores the relationship between the Sun and the Earth and Moon, from the point of view of a planetary scientist, examining the role of the Earth and Moon as recorders of the formation of the solar system.

موضوع مستند نشده

Earth (Planet), Popular works.

موضوع مستند نشده

Moon, Popular works.

موضوع مستند نشده

Earth (Planet)

موضوع مستند نشده

Moon.

بدون عنوان

0

بدون عنوان

0

بدون عنوان

7

بدون عنوان

7

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Elkins-Tanton, Linda T.

تاريخ عمليات

20201204175003.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y