Classifying the Cosmos How We Can Make Sense of the Celestial Landscape /

• Main Author: Dick, Steven J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Astronomers' Universe,
• Subjects: Astronomy.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Physics.; History.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; History of Science.

Since the invention of the telescope 400 years ago, astronomers have rapidly discovered countless celestial objects. But how does one make sense of it all? Astronomer and former NASA Chief Historian Steven J. Dick brings order to this menagerie by defining 82 classes of astronomical objects, which h...

Table of Contents:

• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Introduction to Astronomy's Three Kingdoms
• Part 1: The Kingdom of the Planets
• Chapter 1: Family: Protoplanetary
• Chapter 2: Family: Planet
• Chapter 3: Family: Circumplanetary
• Chapter 4: Family: Subplanetary
• Chapter 5: Family: Interplanetary Medium
• Chapter 6: Family: Systems
• Part II: The Kingdom of the Stars
• Chapter 7: Family: Protostellar
• Chapter 8: Family: Star
• Chapter 9: Family: Circumstellar
• Chapter 10: Family: Substellar
• Chapter 11: Family: Interstellar Medium
• Chapter 12: Family: Systems
• Part III: The Kingdom of the Galaxies
• Chapter 13: Family: Protogalactic
• Chapter 14: Family: Galaxy
• Chapter 15: Family: Circumgalactic
• Chapter 16: Family: Subgalactic
• Chapter 17: Family: Intergalactic Medium
• Chapter 18: Family: Systems
• About the Author
• Index.