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The moon that wasn't : the saga of Venus' spurious satellite /
First spotted in 1645, the non-existing moon was observed more than a dozen times until late eighteenth century. Although few astronomers believed in the existence of the moon after about 1770, it continued to attract attention for another century. This book details the history of one of astronomy&#...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Basel ; Boston :
Birkhäuser,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Science networks historical studies ;
v. 37. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A moon or not? A century of confusion
- From climax to anticlimax
- Contemporary analysis and criticism
- A spurious but persistent satellite
- Closure: the discussion of the 1880s
- Conclusion, and a note on the satellites of Uranus.