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Exploring planetary worlds / [electronic resource] David Morrison.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Scientific American Library series ; no. 45Publication details: New York : Scientific American Library : Distributed by W.H. Freeman and Co., c1993.Description: viii, 238 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0716750430
  • 9780716750437
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 523.2 20
LOC classification:
  • QB601 .M757 1993
Other classification:
  • 39.53
Online resources:
Contents:
Prologue: Wanderers : evolving perspectives on the planets -- Giants : the jovian planets -- Cratered worlds : the Moon and Mercury -- Strange twins : Venus and Earth -- Destination Mars : the planet most like earth -- Fire and ice : small bodies in the outer solar system -- Remnants of creation : comets, asteroids, and the origin of the solar system -- Epilogue: Cosmic impacts : a planetary perspective.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-230) and index.

Prologue: Wanderers : evolving perspectives on the planets -- Giants : the jovian planets -- Cratered worlds : the Moon and Mercury -- Strange twins : Venus and Earth -- Destination Mars : the planet most like earth -- Fire and ice : small bodies in the outer solar system -- Remnants of creation : comets, asteroids, and the origin of the solar system -- Epilogue: Cosmic impacts : a planetary perspective.

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