The Solar System, 6th Edition

Michael A. Seeds - Franklin and Marshall College

ISBN-10: 0495387878  ISBN-13: 9780495387879

448 Pages   Paperbound

© 2008     Published

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Table of Contents

Part I: EXPLORING THE SKY.
1. What Are We? How Do We Know?
2. The Sky.
3. Cycles of the Moon.
4. The Origin of Modern Astronomy.
5. Gravity.
6. Light and Telescopes.
Part II: THE STARS.
7. Atoms and Starlight.
8. The Sun.
Part IV: THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
19. The Origin of the Solar System.
20. Earth: The Standard of Comparative Planetology.
21. The Moon and Mercury:
Comparing Airless Worlds.
22. Comparative Planetology of Venus and Mars.
23. Comparative Planetology of Jupiter and Saturn.
24. Uranus, Neptune, and the Dwarf Planets.
25. Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets.
Part V: LIFE.
26. Life on Other Worlds.
Afterword.
Appendix A: Units and Astronomical Data.
Appendix B: Observing the Sky.
Glossary.
Answers.