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Myths, symbols and legends of solar system bodies

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2015
ISBN
9781461470663, 9781461470670, 1461470668
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7695132 bytes)
Series
Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series
Pages
xvi, 234 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 c
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

1. Solar heroes and sun gods -- 2. The sun as a powerhouse -- 3. A crippled craftsman, a divine messenger, and the goddess of love -- 4. To the ends of the Earth -- 5. Craters, dragons, festivals, gods and goddesses of Earth's moon -- 6. Moon madness, superstition, and other lunar asscoiations -- 7. Mars, the next frontier -- 8. Doom and gloom : comets, meteorites, and asteroids -- 9. Jupiter, the king of planets -- 10. Saturn, a gaseous beauty with many moons -- 11. Uranus and Neptune in the icy depths -- 12. Pluto, a dark, distant underworld -- Afterword -- Craters listed in this book -- Moons listed in this book. 1. Solar heroes and sun gods -- 2. The sun as a powerhouse -- 3. A crippled craftsman, a divine messenger, and the goddess of love -- 4. To the ends of the Earth -- 5. Craters, dragons, festivals, gods and goddesses of Earth's moon -- 6. Moon madness, superstition, and other lunar asscoiations -- 7. Mars, the next frontier -- 8. Doom and gloom : comets, meteorites, and asteroids -- 9. Jupiter, the king of planets -- 10. Saturn, a gaseous beauty with many moons -- 11. Uranus and Neptune in the icy depths -- 12. Pluto, a dark, distant underworld -- Afterword -- Craters listed in this book -- Moons listed in this book.

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