Principles of astronomy / editor, Donald R. Franceschetti, PhD, The University of Memphis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Salem Press, publisher.

Franceschetti, Donald R., 1947- editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 400 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc., [2016]

Summary:

Provides students and researchers with an easy-to-understand introduction to the fundamentals of astronomy.

Contents:

Cover; Principles of Astronomy; Contents; Publisher's Note; Editor's Introduction; Contributors; ABLATION; ACCRETION DISKS; AEROSPACE DESIGN; AEROSPACE PROPULSION; AGAMEMNON: 911 AGAMEMNON; AMOR ASTEROID GROUP: 1221 AMOR; AMOR ASTEROIDS; ANNEFRANK: 5535 ANNEFRANK; APOLLO ASTEROID GROUP: 1862 APOLLO; APOLLO ASTEROIDS; AQUARIUS; ARIES; ASTEROIDS; ASTROCHEMICAL REACTION MODELS; ASTRONOMICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; ASTROPHYSICS; ATEN ASTEROIDS; ATEN ASTEROIDS: 2062 ATEN; ATMOSPHERIC OPACITY; BALL OF LIGHT PARTICLE MODEL; BLACK HOLES; BLAZARS; BOLIDE; BREMSSTRAHLUNG RADIATION; CANCER; CANIS MAJOR

CANIS MINORCAPRICORNUS; CASSIOPEIA; CELESTIAL MECHANICS; CENTAUR; CERES: 1 CERES; CETO: 65489 CETO; CNO CYCLE; COMA (COMET ANATOMY); COMBUSTION IN SPACE; COMET ANATOMY; COMPTON SCATTERING; CONSTELLATIONS; CORE NAVIGATION SYSTEM; CORONA AUSTRALIS; CORONA BOREALIS; COSMIC INFLATION; CRUX; CRYSTAL SPECTROSCOPY; CURIOSITY; DACTYL: (243) IDA I DACTYL; DARK ENERGY; DARK MATTER; DAWN MISSION; DEEP-SPACE NAVIGATION; DYSNOMIA: (136199) ERIS I DYSNOMIA; EARTH; EARTH-IMAGING SATELLITES; 136199 ERIS; 433 EROS; FIREBALL; FUEL SYSTEMS; GALAXY TYPES; GALILEO (ESA); GAS-GRAIN MODELS; GAS-PHASE MODELS; GEMINI

GLONASSGPS; HERTZSPRUNG GAP; HIGH-MASS STARS; HUBBLE'S GALAXY CLASSIFICATION; HYDROGEN CLOUD; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS); INTERSTELLAR CHEMISTRY; INVERSE COMPTON SCATTERING; (216) KLEOPATRA; (216) KLEOPATRA I ALEXHELIOS AND II CLEOSELENE; KORONIS ASTEROIDS: 243 IDA; KUIPER BELT OBJECTS (KBOS); LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD MODEL; LASER BEES; LAUNCH VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS; LEO; LIBRA; MARS; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; MERCURY; MESSIER CATALOG; MILKY WAY'S STRUCTURE; MIR; MOON IMPACTS (GENERAL); MORGAN-KEENAN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (MK OR MKK); NEAR SHOEMAKER; NEOWISE; NEPTUNE

NEUTRINO ASTROPHYSICSNEUTRON STAR; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; NUCLEUS (COMET ANATOMY); OB STARS; ORBIT PLOTTING; ORION; 4450 PAN; PARTICLE ACCELERATION; PHORCYS: (65489) CETO I PHORCYS; PHOTOMETRY; PISCES; PLANET SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING; PLASMA PHYSICS; PLUTO; QUARK STAR; QUASAR (QUASI-STELLAR RADIO SOURCE); RED GIANT; ROCKET ENGINES AND ROCKETRY; SAGITTARIUS; SCATTERED DISK OBJECTS (SDOS); SCORPIUS; 90377 SEDNA; SPACE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SPACE ROBOTICS; SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; SPACE-TIME PROPERTIES; SPUTNIK SPACE PROGRAM; STAR STRUCTURE; STAR-FORMING REGIONS; STELLAR CLASSIFICATION

STELLAR POPULATION MAPPINGSTELLAR REMNANTS; SUB-BROWN DWARFS; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS; TAIL (COMET ANATOMY); TAURUS; THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICS; THREE-BODY PROBLEM; TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECTS; TROJAN ASTEROIDS; URSA MAJOR; URSA MINOR; VENUS; 4 VESTA; VIRGO; WORMHOLES; XMM-NEWTON; Appendices; NOBEL NOTES; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; WEB RESOURCES; TIMELINE OF SPACE EXPLORATION; FAMOUS FIGURES AND EVENTS IN ASTRONOMY; SUBJECT INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 4, 2016).

ISBN:

9781619259492

1619259494

OCLC:

956332408