The Moon that Wasn’t The Saga of Venus’ Spurious Satellite /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kragh, Helge (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2008.
• Σειρά: Science Networks. Historical Studies ; 37
• Θέματα: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

This book details the history of one of astronomy’s many spurious objects, the satellite of Venus. First spotted in 1645, the non-existing moon was observed more than a dozen times until the late eighteenth century. Although few astronomers believed in the existence of the moon after about 1770, it...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• A moon or not? A century of confusion
• From climax to anticlimax
• Contemporary analysis and criticism
• A spurious but persistent satellite
• Closure: the discussion of the 1880s
• Conclusion, and a note on the satellites of Uranus.