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- Jürgen Blunck
Berlin, Germany
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- An enjoyable reference of the discovery, naming and historical and mytholigical background of the solar system satellites
- With modern photos of planets and their moons as well as mythological and detailed illustrations
- Author is member of the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union
- With a foreword by Edward L.G. Bowell, President Division III Planetary Systems Sciences of the International Astronomical Union
- Includes supplementary material:sn.pub/extras
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Starting from Mars outward this concise handbook provides thorough information on the satellites of the planets in the solar system. Each chapter begins with a section on the discovery and the naming of the planet’s satellites or rings. This is followed by a section presenting the historic sources of those names. The book contains tables with the orbital and physical parameters of all satellites and is illustrated throughout with modern photos of the planets and their moons as well as historical and mythological drawings. The Cyrillic transcriptions of the satellite names are provided in a register.
Readers interested in the history of astronomy and its mythological backgrounds will enjoy this beautiful volume.
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Front Matter
Pages I-XThe Satellites and Rings of the Planets
Front Matter
Pages 1-2The Satellites of Mars
Pages 3-6The Satellites of Jupiter
Pages 7-52The Satellites of Saturn
Pages 53-90The Satellites of Uranus
Pages 91-110The Satellites of Neptune
Pages 111-123
The Satellites of the Dwarf Planets
Front Matter
Pages 125-126The Satellites of Pluto
Pages 127-132The Satellite of Eris
Pages 133-135
Back Matter
Pages 137-142
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Berlin, Germany
Jürgen Blunck
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title:Solar System Moons
Book Subtitle:Discovery and Mythology
Authors:Jürgen Blunck
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68853-2
Publisher:Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages:Physics and Astronomy,Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information:Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN:978-3-540-68852-5Published: 01 October 2009
Softcover ISBN:978-3-642-44842-3Published: 23 November 2014
eBook ISBN:978-3-540-68853-2Published: 19 September 2009
Edition Number:1
Number of Pages:X, 142
Topics:Astronomy, Observations and Techniques,Popular Science in Astronomy,History of Science,Cultural Heritage,Planetology