Unlocking the Moon's secrets : from Galileo to giant impact / James Lawrence Powell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, James Lawrence, 1936- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

'Unlocking the Moon's Secrets' tells the fascinating story of how scientists solved the mystery of the Moon's origin and the cause of the Moon's craters. By showing how science evolves, complete with misunderstandings, contentious arguments, difficult to relinquish assumptions, and shifting views as new facts come to light, we can finally understand our Moon.

Contents:

Cover

Unlocking the Moon's Secrets

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

PART I THE ORIGIN OF THE MOON'S CRATERS

1. The Ancient Astronomers

2. Pioneers of Modern Astronomy

3. Mapping and Measuring

4. The Moon's Myriad Craters

5. Colliding Moonlets

6. Cryptic Craters

7. To the Moon

PART II THE ORIGIN OF THE MOON

8. The Rise and Fall of the Nebular Hypothesis

9. We Go into Space

10. Rosetta Stone of the Solar System

11. Volcanism on the Moon

12. Giant Impact

13. Green Light for Giant Impact

14. Mother of Selene

15. Simulating Giant Impact

16. Summing Up and Looking Ahead

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 1, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Powell, James Lawrence Unlocking the Moon's Secrets

ISBN:

0-19-769489-6

0-19-769487-X