Cambridge Guide to the Solar System Lang Kenneth R.
Cambridge Guide to the Solar System Lang Kenneth R. Richly illustrated with full-color images, this book is a comprehensive, up-to-date description of the planets, their moons, and recent exoplanet…
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Cambridge Guide to the Solar System Lang Kenneth R.
Richly illustrated with full-color images, this book is a comprehensive, up-to-date description of the planets, their moons, and recent exoplanet discoveries. Examples include water on the Moon, volcanism on Mercury's previously unseen half, vast buried glaciers on Mars, geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus, lakes of hydrocarbons on Titan, encounter with asteroid Itokawa, and sample return from comet Wild 2. This second edition of a now classic reference is brought up to date with fascinating new discoveries from 12 recent Solar System missions.
Written at an introductory level appropriate for undergraduate and high-school students, it provides fresh insights that appeal to anyone with an interest in planetary science. The book is further enhanced by hundreds of striking new images of the planets and moons. A website hosted by the author contains all the images in the book with an