Atlas of Uranus
Atlas of Uranus
Garry E. Hunt
Patrick Moore
Patrick Moore
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Hardback
9780521343237
Hardback
• The first pictorial survey of Uranus, its rings and planets
• The results of Voyager 2's 1986 encounter with the Uranus system
• 100 illustrations, 30 in colour
• Lucid commentary by Garry Hunt and Patrick Moore
• Complete historical background to the discovery of Uranus
- Contains many images obtained from the NASA Voyager 2 missions
- Loads of full colour pictures
- Should sell well with new sister book Atlas of Neptune
Product details
No date availableHardback
9780521343237
96 pages
297 × 210 × 11 mm
0.572kg
70 b/w illus. 30 colour illus.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Uranus in the solar system
- 3. William Herschel
- 4. The discovery of Uranus
- 5. Pre-discovery observations
- 6. Early theories of Uranus
- 7. The rotation of Uranus
- 8. Discovery of the rings
- 9. Space-probes to the planets
- 10. The voyager space-craft
- 11. Earlier results from the voyagers
- 12. Approach to Uranus
- 13. The magnetosphere of Uranus
- 14. The rings
- 15. The structure of Uranus
- 16. The satellite system
- 17. The larger satellites
- 18. Oberon
- 19. Titania
- 20. Umbriel
- 21. Ariel
- 22. Miranda
- 23. The new satellites
- 24. Beyond Uranus
- Index.
