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Ice, Rock, and Beauty : A Visual Tour of the New Solar System

Publication year: 2008

ISBN: 978-0-387-73103-2

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Ice, Rock, and Beauty is a book for anybody who lives in the solar neighborhood, and takes an interest in its significance to us as residents.The book gathers images from a rich pool, many from national and international organizations such as NASA and ESA, some directly from academic astronomers, and a few from private individuals. Together they tell a story of the Solar System, and of its beauty, that has not been told before.


Subject: Humanities, Social Science and Law / Asteroid images / Astronomy books / NASA images / Planet / Satellite images / Solar System / Solar System rocks / Space Science / planetary moons / pretty pictures of the sky / solar / Astronomy / Observations and Techniques / Popular Science in Astronomy / Planetology / Astrophysics and Cosmology