Distant worlds : milestones in planetary exploration / Peter Bond

Author:: Bond, Peter
Published:: New York : Copernicus Books in association with Praxis Pub., [2007]
Copyright Date:: ©2007
Physical Description:: x, 325 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

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Contents:

Discovering distant worlds -- Mercury : the iron planet -- Venus : the runaway greenhouse -- The moon : queen of the night -- Mars : the red planet -- Asteroids : vermin of the skies -- Jupiter : king of the planets -- Saturn : lightweight lord of the rings -- Uranus : the toppled giant -- Neptune : the last giant -- Pluto : king of the Kuiper Belt -- Comets : cosmic icebergs -- Appendices. Lunar and planetary missions ; Planetary data ; Satellite data ; Planetary rings ; The largest known Kuiper Belt objects ; Lunar and planetary firsts.

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ISBN:

9780387402123 (acid-free paper)
0387402128 (acid-free paper)

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Includes index.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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