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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954370103321

Autore

Wilkinson John

Titolo

Probing the new solar system / / John Wilkinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Pub., c2009

ISBN

9786613155191

9780643099494

0643099492

9781283155199

1283155192

9780643096851

064309685X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Disciplina

523.2

Soggetti

Astronomy

Solar system

Outer space Exploration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Why a new solar system? -- Exploring the planets -- The sun -- Mercury: a hot, old world -- Venus: a hot, cloudy planet -- Earth: a watery, living world -- Mars: the red planet -- The asteroid belt -- Jupiter: the gas giant -- Saturn: the ringed planet -- Uranus: the blue, icy planet -- Neptune: an icy, cold world -- Trans-Neptunian objects -- Overview and the future.

Sommario/riassunto

Discoveries made about our Solar System using ground-based and space probe technology.