Venus

"No serious astronomical library can be complete without it."aJournal of the British Astronomical Association
"The book contains the results of the exploration of Venus by spacecraft during the period 1962-1978. . . . The book represents an excellent review of the principal results of Venus in the period covered."aBulletin of the Astronomical Institute of Czechoslovakia
"A wealth of new information."aScience
"Strongly recommended."aScience Books & Films

List of contents

About the author

Donald M. Hunten is Regents' Professor of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona.

Summary

69 contributors, largely drawn from the Pioneer Venus and Venera projects, have compiled information and interpretations on the interior and surface, the atmospheres, and the interaction of Venus with the solar wind. The implications for theories of the origin of the solar system are discussed.

Product details

• Assisted by: L. Colin (Editor), Lawrence Colin (Editor), T. M. Donahue (Editor), Thomas M Donahue (Editor), Thomas M. Donahue (Editor), D. M. Hunten (Editor), Donald M Hunten (Editor), Donald M. Hunten (Editor), Mildred Shapley Matthews (Editor), V. I. Moroz (Editor), Vasilii Ivanovich Moroz (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.1983
• EAN: 9780816507887
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-0788-7
• No. of pages: 1143
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 237 mm x 50 mm
• Weight: 1361 g
• Series: Space Science Series; Space Science; Space Science Series; University of Arizona Space Sc
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy