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Wanderers in space : exploration and discovery in the solar system
- Title
- Wanderers in space : exploration and discovery in the solar system / Kenneth R. Lang, Charles A. Whitney.
- Author
- Lang, Kenneth R.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QB501 .L26 1990 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Whitney, Charles Allen.
- Description
- xvi, 316 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 27 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-313) and index.
- Contents
- Contents include:- Worlds in motion -- The Moon: stepping stone to the planets -- Mercury: a battered world -- Venus: the veiled planet -- The restless Earth -- Mars: the red desert -- Asteroids: meteors and meteorites -- Jupiter: a giant primitive world -- Saturn: lord of the rings -- Frozen worlds: Uranus, Neptune and Plato -- Comets: icy wanderers -- Birth of the solar system -- Planetary properties -- Satellites of the planets.
- ISBN
- 0521249767
- 9780521249768
- 0521422523
- 9780521422529
- LCCN
- 90001473
- OCLC
- ocm21116717
- 21116717
- SCSB-1915528
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library