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Moons: A Very Short Introduction

By David A , Rothery

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780198735274, 9780191054228, 9780191054211, 0191054216, 0191054224, 9780191799495, 0191799491, 0198735278
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4716770 bytes)
Series
Very short introductions
Pages
illustrations (black and white)\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

The discovery and significance of moons -- The moon -- The moon's influence on us -- The moons of giant planets -- Regular satellites in close up -- The moons of Mars : captured asteroids -- Moons of small bodies -- Moons in other planetary systems : exomoons.;Our solar system contains more moons than planets. They show astonishing variety, and some look more likely than Mars to host microbial life. David Rothery describes these fascinating small worlds, their discovery, names, and what they can tell us about our solar system.

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