Mercury

Informationen zum Autor William Sheehan is a historian of astronomy whose books include Saturn and Venus , also in Reaktion's Kosmos series. Klappentext "The Sun may be a mass of incandescent gas, but in the plasmatic reaches of its solar winds spins another seemingly glowing (but relatively minute) orb. The last of the five naked-eye planets discovered in ancient times, Mercury has long been an elusive, enigmatic world. As seen from the Earth, it never emerges far from the Sun, and astronomers in the telescopic era found it challenging to work out basic data such as its rotation period, the inclination of its axis, and whether or not it possessed an atmosphere."-- Zusammenfassung In this up-to-date and beautifully illustrated volume! William Sheehan brings our understanding of the planet into clear focus. He deftly traces the history from the earliest observations right up to the most recent explorations using radar and spacecraft.

Product details

• Authors: William Sheehan, Sheehan William
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2018
• EAN: 9781789140125
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-012-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Kosmos; Kosmos
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); popular science, SCIENCE / General, NATURE / Sky Observation, Popular astronomy & space, Popular astronomy and space