Textbook
The Space-Age Solar SystemISBN: 978-0-471-85034-2
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464 pages
January 1991, ©1988
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THE FAMILY OF THE SUN.
From Flat Earth to Spaceflight.
Our Star, the Sun.
PLANETS OF ROCK: THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM.
The Earth From a Planetary Perspective.
Earth's Nearest Neighbor--The Moon.
Mercury--The Land of Fire.
Venus--the Shrouded Inferno.
Mars--A Frozen Miniature Earth.
The Debris of the Solar System--the Asteroids.
PLANETS OF LIQUID AND GAS: THE JOVIAN GIANTS.
Jupiter--A Giant Among Worlds.
Saturn--the Jewel of the Solar System.
Miniature Solar System--Jupiter's Moons.
Saturn's Moons--Worlds of Ice, Worlds of Mystery.
WORLDS OF ICE: THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM.
Uranus--Planet Turned Sideways.
Neptune, and Triton--Worlds to Explore.
Pluto--The Edge of the Solar System.
Comets--the Primordial Snowballs.
Death from the Skies.
A QUESTION OF ORIGIN.
Meteors and Meteorites--Visitors from Outer Space.
The Origin of the Solar System.
The Nebular Hypothesis Ascendant.
Appendixes.
From Flat Earth to Spaceflight.
Our Star, the Sun.
PLANETS OF ROCK: THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM.
The Earth From a Planetary Perspective.
Earth's Nearest Neighbor--The Moon.
Mercury--The Land of Fire.
Venus--the Shrouded Inferno.
Mars--A Frozen Miniature Earth.
The Debris of the Solar System--the Asteroids.
PLANETS OF LIQUID AND GAS: THE JOVIAN GIANTS.
Jupiter--A Giant Among Worlds.
Saturn--the Jewel of the Solar System.
Miniature Solar System--Jupiter's Moons.
Saturn's Moons--Worlds of Ice, Worlds of Mystery.
WORLDS OF ICE: THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM.
Uranus--Planet Turned Sideways.
Neptune, and Triton--Worlds to Explore.
Pluto--The Edge of the Solar System.
Comets--the Primordial Snowballs.
Death from the Skies.
A QUESTION OF ORIGIN.
Meteors and Meteorites--Visitors from Outer Space.
The Origin of the Solar System.
The Nebular Hypothesis Ascendant.
Appendixes.