The wandering astronomer

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Drawing on the author's knowledge and direct experience of the key events in astronomy and space exploration, this book takes a sideways look at the historical reports and contemporary thought behind a range of astronomical topics. It includes a collection of essays that cover various things from the case of vanishing planets to UFOs over Selsey.

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Full title :The wandering astronomer / Patrick Moore.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:1999.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Institute of Physics Pub
Place of Publication:Bristol
Language:eng
Publication Date:1999.

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Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:208 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0750306939, 9780750306935
oclc:ocm43673886
LC Classification:QB44.2
Dewey Decimal:520

The Atmosphere of the Moon. -- The Man Who Discovered a Planet. -- Moon in Shadow. -- The Zodiacal Intruder. -- Fishing Hipparcos Down. -- The Past and Future Moon. -- Visitor to the Acres Vallis. -- Harvest Moons, Wolf Moons and Blue Moons. -- The Cosmic Zebra. Flying Saucers in Selsey. -- Gene Shoemaker. -- The Blackness of Mathilde. -- Hitch-Hider and Others. -- Ice on the Moon?. -- Mira Stella. -- The Case of the Vanishing Planets. -- Poetic Moons. -- A Lightning Decision!. -- The Strange Case of SS Lacertae. -- How the Lunar Craters Weren't Formed. -- The Lonely Brown Dwarf. -- Sister Marie and Others. -- To Catch a Comet. -- Curious Callisto. -- A year on Icarus. -- The Lighter Side of Space. -- Alshain. -- Names in the Sky. -- Travel to the Stars?. -- Ghost Moons. -- Ripples of Creation. -- "Des Res" on Mars?. -- The Edge of the Moon. -- The Sad Case of Dr Elliott. -- Fast Lane to Pluto. -- Life Can Appear but Will it!. -- Thatcher's Comet. -- Apocalypse Postponed. -- The Star in the East. -- It was in the Papers!. -- Caribbean Eclipse.