LEADER 03847nam 22006855 450 001 9910300393503321 005 20200704174921.0 010 $a1-4939-0629-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4939-0629-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000114083 035 $a(EBL)1730901 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001245524 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11719751 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001245524 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11322647 035 $a(PQKB)11002659 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1730901 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4939-0629-1 035 $a(PPN)178783986 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000114083 100 $a20140514d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Observer's Guide to Planetary Motion $eExplaining the Cycles of the Night Sky /$fby Dominic Ford 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cSpringer New York :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (246 p.) 225 1 $aThe Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series,$x1431-9756 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-03784-1 311 $a1-4939-0628-3 327 $aThe Motion of the Planets -- The Outer Planets -- The Inner Planets -- Mars -- The Moon -- The Deep Sky. 330 $aTo the naked eye, the most evident defining feature of the planets is their motion across the night sky. It was this motion that allowed ancient civilizations to single them out as different from fixed stars. But how does the geometry of the Solar System give rise to the observed motions of the planets and their moons? Although the motions of the planets may be described as simple elliptical orbits around the Sun, they must be observed from a particular vantage point--the Earth, which spins daily on its axis and circles around the Sun each year, resulting in more complicated patterns. The Observer?s Guide to Planetary Motion provides accurate tables of the best time for observing each planet, together with other notable events in their orbits, helping amateur astronomers plan when and what to observe. Along the way, many questions are answered: Why does Mars take over two years between apparitions (the times when it is visible from Earth) in the night sky, while Uranus and Neptune take almost exactly a year? Why do planets appear higher in the night sky when they?re visible in the winter months? Why do Saturn?s rings appear to open and close every 15 years? This book places seemingly disparate astronomical events into an understandable three-dimensional  structure. 410 0$aThe Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series,$x1431-9756 606 $aObservations, Astronomical 606 $aAstronomy?Observations 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aMathematical physics 606 $aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22014 606 $aPopular Science in Astronomy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q11009 606 $aMathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M13120 615 0$aObservations, Astronomical. 615 0$aAstronomy?Observations. 615 0$aAstronomy. 615 0$aMathematical physics. 615 14$aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques. 615 24$aPopular Science in Astronomy. 615 24$aMathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences. 676 $a523.2 700 $aFord$b Dominic$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0791328 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300393503321 996 $aThe Observer's Guide to Planetary Motion$92528833 997 $aUNINA