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Moons : a very short introduction

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 450.Publication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, ©2015.Description: xv, 153 p. : ill.; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780198735274
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 523.98 23 ROT-M
LOC classification:
  • QB401 .R66 2015
Contents:
The discovery and significance of moons -- The moon -- The moon's influence on us -- The moons of giant planets -- Regular satellites in close up -- The moons of Mars : captured asteroids -- Moons of small bodies -- Moons in other planetary systems : exomoons.
Summary: Proving to be both varied and fascinating, moons are far more common than planets in our Solar System. Our own Moon has had a profound influence on Earth, not only through tidal effects, but even on the behaviour of some marine animals. Many remarkable things have been discovered about the moons of the giant outer planets from Voyager, Galileo, Cassini, and other spacecraft. Scientists have glimpsed volcanic activity on Io, found oceans of water on Titan, and captured photos of icy geysers bursting from Enceladus. It looks likely that microbial life beyond the Earth may be discovered on a moon rather than a planet. --Publisher.
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523.4 ROT-P Planets : 523.8 KIN-S Stars : 523.844 GRA-S Supernova 523.98 ROT-M Moons : 523.986 LOR-T Titan unveiled : 526.9 DEA-S The stone tower : 529 CAL-T Introducing time :

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-148) and index.

The discovery and significance of moons -- The moon -- The moon's influence on us -- The moons of giant planets -- Regular satellites in close up -- The moons of Mars : captured asteroids -- Moons of small bodies -- Moons in other planetary systems : exomoons.

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Proving to be both varied and fascinating, moons are far more common than planets in our Solar System. Our own Moon has had a profound influence on Earth, not only through tidal effects, but even on the behaviour of some marine animals. Many remarkable things have been discovered about the moons of the giant outer planets from Voyager, Galileo, Cassini, and other spacecraft. Scientists have glimpsed volcanic activity on Io, found oceans of water on Titan, and captured photos of icy geysers bursting from Enceladus. It looks likely that microbial life beyond the Earth may be discovered on a moon rather than a planet. --Publisher.

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