The Observer's Guide to Planetary Motion Explaining the Cycles of the Night Sky /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ford, Dominic (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.

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. But how does the geometry of the Solar System give rise to the observed motions of the plan...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Motion of the Planets
• The Outer Planets
• The Inner Planets
• Mars
• The Moon
• The Deep Sky.