Weird Worlds Bizarre Bodies of the Solar System and Beyond /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Seargent, David A. J. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Astronomers' Universe,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Planetology.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

In Weird Worlds, the author discusses planets where temperatures are so high that it rains molten iron, and others so cold that liquid methane floods across plains of ice! Worlds are described where the lightest element acts like a metal and where winds blow at thousands of miles per hour – as well...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Oddities of the Inner Worlds
• Strange Little Worlds – Asteroids and Their Kin
• The Many Moons of the Solar System
• Titan – Weirdest World of Them All?
• Oddities of the Outer Worlds
• Strange Worlds Afar
• Observational Projects.