Uranus and Neptune
"The most distant planets in our solar system, Uranus and Neptune were unknown by the ancients - Uranus was discovered in the 1780s and Neptune only in the 1840s. Our discovery and observation of both planets has been hampered by their sheer distance from Earth: there has only been one close encounter, Voyager 2 in the late 1980s. The Voyager mission revealed many enticing details about the planets and their moons, but also left many more questions unanswered. This book is an informative and ac…
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- Full title :Uranus and Neptune / Carolyn Kennett.
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"The most distant planets in our solar system, Uranus and Neptune were unknown by the ancients - Uranus was discovered in the 1780s and Neptune only in the 1840s. Our discovery and observation of both planets has been hampered by their sheer distance from Earth: there has only been one close encounter, Voyager 2 in the late 1980s. The Voyager mission revealed many enticing details about the planets and their moons, but also left many more questions unanswered. This book is an informative and accessible introduction to Uranus, Neptune and their moons. It takes the reader on a journey from discovery to the most recent observations made from space- and ground-based telescopes, and will appeal to amateur and professional astronomers alike"--Publisher's description.
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- Publication Date:2022.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Reaktion Books, Limited
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2022.
The Physical Object
- Description:214 pages : : illustrations (some colour) ; : 22 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781789146417 (hbk), 1789146410 (hbk)
- oclc:on1355861356
- Dewey Decimal:523.47
Table of Contents
Uranus, its discovery and pre-Voyager observations -- Voyager 2 flypast of Uranus -- Uranus after Voyager -- Moons of Uranus -- Neptune, its discovery and pre-Voyager observations -- Voyager 2 flypast of Neptune -- Neptune after Voyager -- Moons of Neptune -- Observing the ice giants.
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