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The observer's guide to planetary motion explaining the cycles of the night sky Dominic Ford
Springer Nature - Springer Physics and Astronomy (R0) eBooks 2014 English International Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ford, Dominic, author.
- Series:
- Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series
- The Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Planets--Observers' manuals.
- Planets.
- Astronomy--Observers' manuals.
- Astronomy.
- Astronomy--Popular works.
- Physics.
- physics.
- astronomy.
- Medical Subjects:
- Physics.
- Astronomy.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals
- Popular works
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York Springer 2014
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- To 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. ""The Observer's Guide to Planetary Motion"" takes each planet and its moons (if it has them) in turn and describes how the geometry of the Solar System gives rise to its observed motions. Although the motions of the planets may be described as simple elliptical orbits around the Sun, we have to observe them from a particular vantage point: the Earth, which spins daily on its axis and circ
- Contents:
- The Motion of the Planets
- The Outer Planets
- The Inner Planets
- Mars
- The Moon
- The Deep Sky
- Notes:
- Includes index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco; viewed on May 20, 2014)
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 9781493906291
- 1493906291
- 1493906283
- 9781493906284
- OCLC:
- 880323061
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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