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Planetoïden zijn relatief kleine hemellichamen waarvan de banen grotendeels tussen Mars en Jupiter liggen. Er zijn er vele tienduizenden van. De auteur van dit boek - een Belgisch astronoom en zelf ontdekker van zo'n 35 planetoïden - neemt ons mee op…

Greeley, a prominent planetary geologist, has assembled an impressive collection of black-and-white images of planetary and satellite surfaces, accompanied by a lucid explanatory text on the various geomorphic processes responsible for shaping these…

Using new satellite imageries, chemical and geophysical data obtained by NASA and other space agencies, the authors pre- sent an updated concept of the origin of the Solar System. This excellently written protrayal focuses on the morphology of…

This is a history of human efforts to understand the mechanics of the solar system, reaching from classical Greece to the present. By the time of Isaac Newton, there was reason to hope that the stability of the solar system could be proven and that…

This work on the geology of Venus has been written in the light of the US Magellan probe in 1990. This revealed many unsuspected details of the planet's topography and geology through images of amazing quality. Drawing on not only the Magellan probe,…

Amateur astronomers will enjoy Atlas of Venus, the most up-to-date book available on the geography and geology of Earth's non-identical twin planet. This colorful compendium of maps and pictures draws heavily from the Magellan spacecraft's radar…