David A. Rothery (Professor of Planetary Geosciences at the Open Un

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Moons

A Very Short Introduction

Beschreibung

Our Solar System contains more moons than planets. They show astonishing variety, and some look more likely than Mars to host microbial life. David Rothery describes these fascinating small worlds, their discovery, names, and what they can tell us about our Solar System.

Autor

David Rothery is Professor of Planetary Geosciences at the Open University. He is a member of the BepiColombo science team (the European Space Agencyâs mission to Mercury), and chairs the Open Universityâs level 2 module on planetary science. He is also the lead academic for the Open University/FutureLearn Moons MOOC (massive open online course), and is the author of several books, including Planets: A Very Short Introduction.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: OUP Oxford / Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 172mm x 108mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 138g
• ISBN-13: 9780198735274
• ISBN-10: 0198735278
• Artikelnr.: 42796881