Many Skies : Alternative Histories of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Stars /

What if Earth had several moons or massive rings like Saturn? What if the Sun were but one star in a double-star or triple-star system? What if Earth were the only planet circling the Sun? These and other imaginative scenarios are the subject of Arthur Upgren's inventive book Many Skies: Altern...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Upgren, Arthur (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2005]
Temas:
Astronomy > Miscellanea.
SCIENCE / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • I. THE SUN AND THE MOON
  • 1. OUR THREE MOONS
  • 2. WITHIN A TRIPLE STAR
  • 3. OUR BACKWARD STELLAR MAGNITUDE SYSTEM
  • 4. AN IMPROPER PROPER MOTION
  • 5. ALL OUR YESTERDAYS
  • 6. WE ARE ALONE
  • II. THE PLANETS
  • 7. THE RINGS OF EARTH
  • 8. NEXT DOOR TO A GIANT
  • 9. DOUBLE PLANET
  • 10. DEBRIS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
  • 11. SEASONS OF PARADOX
  • 12. MORE THAN ONE PLUTO
  • III. THE STARS
  • 13. WHAT IF THE SUN WERE RED? OR BLUE?
  • 14. THE VERNAL EQUINOX LIES IN VIRGO
  • 15. VEGA AND DENEB CHANGE PLACES
  • 16. THE PLEIADES STAR CLUSTER IS AS CLOSE AS THE HYADES
  • 17. THE GREAT POPCORN BALLS
  • 18. THE MILKY WAY LIES ALONG OUR EQUATOR
  • IV. HOMEMADE SKIES
  • 20. RING OF RUBBISH
  • 21. THE TANGLED SKEIN OF CELESTIAL MECHANICS
  • 22. A SECOND CHANCE
  • 23. CHICXULUB, THE WORST SKY OF ALL
  • PERSONAL NOTE
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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