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Earth and the Moon
Revised Edition
Inbunden, 2010
453 kr
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The Moon is the only body in the solar system outside of the Earth that has been visited by humans. More than 440 pounds of lunar material are brought by NASA and Soviet space missions to Earth for study. The information gleaned about the Moon from this relatively small pile of rocks is …
Jupiter and Saturn
Revised Edition
Inbunden, 2010
453 kr
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Jupiter and Saturn are the two largest planets in the solar system and the first two gas giant planets encountered when moving away from the Sun. They are both immensely complicated systems not unlike miniature solar systems on their own: Jupiter has 63 known moons and its own ring system, whereas …
Mars
Revised Edition
Inbunden, 2010
453 kr
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Mars exploration has never been more active, and our understanding of the planet is advancing rapidly. New discoveries reveal gullies carved by recent groundwater flow, thick ice deposits protected by rocks and soil even at the equator, and new evidence for lakes and seas in Mars' past. The Martian …
Volcanism and Global Environmental Change
Av Anja Schmidt, Kirsten Fristad m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
2247 kr
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Covering a key connection between geological processes and life on Earth, this multidisciplinary volume describes the effects of volcanism on the environment by combining present-day observations of volcanism and environmental changes with information from past eruptions preserved in the geologic …
Volcanism and Global Environmental Change
Av Anja Schmidt, Kirsten Fristad m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
828 kr
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Covering a key connection between geological processes and life on Earth, this multidisciplinary volume describes the effects of volcanism on the environment by combining present-day observations of volcanism and environmental changes with information from past eruptions preserved in the geologic …
Sun, Mercury, and Venus
Revised Edition
Inbunden, 2010
505 kr
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The Messenger mission to Mercury opened a new window into the inner solar system. In 2008, this mission began a number of years of flybys, culminating in an orbital insertion around Mercury and producing unparalleled observations about this mysterious innermost planet. Mercury orbits so close to …
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Outer Solar System
Revised Edition
Inbunden, 2010
453 kr
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Unlike all the planets closer to the Sun, known since antiquity, the farthest reaches are the discoveries of the modern world. Uranus was discovered in 1781, Neptune in 1846, Pluto in 1930, the Kuiper belt group of objects in 1992, and though the Oort cloud has been theorized since 1950, its first …
Solar System Set
6 Volumes
Inbunden, 2010
2644 kr
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The solar system is not a static place. It continues to evolve—as does our ability to observe it—as technology continues to improve. Now in full color, The Solar System set explores the relationship between the Sun—the center of the solar system—and its orbiters, including Mercury, Venus, Earth, …
