Solar System

Exploring the Sun, Planets and their Moons

AvRobert Harvey

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Featuring more than 200 intriguing images taken by space probes travelling billions of kilometres from Earth, The Solar System is an exhilarating exploration of the mysteries of our local planetary space. Within the span of a human lifetime, our spacecraft have visited all eight planets of the Solar System, together with several dwarf planets, asteroids and comets. We have mapped the surface of Mercury and Venus in exquisite detail, landed rovers on Mars, placed orbiters around Jupiter and Saturn, and parachuted to the surface of Titan. Our emissaries have visited icy worlds five billion kilometres from home and continued onwards to reach interstellar space. The pictures and science returned by these intrepid travellers have transformed our understanding of the Solar System in which we live.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-10-14
Mått:296 x 219 x 25 mm
Vikt:1 400 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Amazing Places [Landscape format]
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Amber Books Ltd
ISBN:9781838861698

Utforska kategorier

Astronomi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Fotografisamlingar inom Kultur
Rymdforskning inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Robert Harvey BA ARPS EFIAP CENV CSCI MCIWEM is a Chartered Natural Scientist and an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society. He chases elusive astronomical phenomena around the world and leads landscape astrophotography tours and courses in Britain and overseas.

Innehållsförteckning

Contents includes:IntroductionTHE SUN Contains most of the Solar System’s massMERCURY AND VENUS Closest planets to the Sun Impact craters and ridges on Mercury’s surface Venus is hottest planet, with numerous volcanoesEARTH AND MOON The only planet where life is know to exist Only planet with plate tectonics AsteroidsMARS Iron oxide in the soil gives it a red appearance Atmosphere mainly carbon dioxide Surface volcanoes Rift valleys Two satellites: Deimos and PhobosJUPITER AND ITS MOONS 2.5 times the mass of all other planets combined 79 satellites, including: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa Great Red Spot Cloud bandsSATURN AND ITS MOONS Ring system 82 confirmed satellites, including Titan (second-largest moon in Solar System) and EnceladusURANUS AND NEPTUNE Uranus has 27 known satellites, including: Titania, Oberon, Umbriel, Ariel, and Miranda Neptune has 14 satellites: The largest, Triton, is geologically active, with geysers of liquid nitrogen Neptune trojansMINOR PLANETS, ASTEROIDS AND COMETS Dwarf planets – Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Makemake and Haumea Asteriod belt Kuiper belt Centaurs Comets Scattered discIndex