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The Moon that Wasn't The Saga of Venus' Spurious Satellite /
This book details the history of one of astronomy's many spurious objects, the satellite of Venus. First spotted in 1645, the non-existing moon was observed more than a dozen times until the late eighteenth century. Although few astronomers believed in the existence of the moon after about 1770...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Basel :
Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser,
2008.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2008. |
| Colección: | Science Networks. Historical Studies,
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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.