Modern Mysteries of the Moon What We Still Don't Know About Our Lunar Companion /

There are still many questions that remain about the Moon. From concentric craters to lunar swirls, water vapor and lunar reverberations on impact, Foster collects it all for a fascinating tour that will illuminate the backyard observer's understanding of this easily viewed, yet also imperfectl...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Foster, Vincent S. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Astronomers' Universe,
Subjects:
Astronomy.
Astronomy-Observations.
Solar system.
Planetary science.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Space Physics.
Planetary Science.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Donut Craters
  • Lunar Transient Phenomena
  • A Hollow Moon?
  • The Big Splat
  • Problems with Plato
  • A Dry World?- Lunar Graffiti
  • Lumpy Gravity
  • Surprising Radioactivity
  • Paved with Glass
  • Tale of a Tail
  • Volcanoes
  • Moonquakes
  • Disappearing Magnetic Field
  • Two Faced
  • Aristarchus Plateau
  • Lunar Atmosphere
  • Earth's Second Moon
  • Laplace's Puzzle
  • Future missions to the Moon
  • A Younger Moon
  • The Key to Colonizing the Moon
  • Unlocking the Door to Lunar Mining
  • Trouble with Tourism
  • Secret to Nuke the Moon
  • Index.

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