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How to read the solar system : a guide to the stars and planets

2015

Title:	How to read the solar system : a guide to the stars and planets / Chris North and Paul Abel.
Author:	North, Chris (Chris E.) author.
Format:	Book
Edition:	First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Pegasus Books, 2015.
Description:	320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:	What exactly is the solar system? We've all learned the basics at school but do we really understand what we are seeing in the night sky? Astronomers Chris North and Paul Abel provide a guided tour of our solar system and explain its many wonders. They look at all the major players, including our more familiar cosmic neighbors--the sun, the planets and their moons--as well as the occasional visitors to our planet--asteroids, meteors and comets--in addition to distant stars and what might lie beyond our solar system, including the mysterious Earth Mark II.
Subjects:	Stars. Planets. Astronomy. Solar system.
Other Author:	Abel, Paul (Astronomer) author.
Other Title:	Guide to the stars and planets
Notes:	Includes index.
ISBN:	9781605986715 (hc)
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Paul G. Abel is a British astronomer, mathematician, broadcaster and writer. Currently, he is based in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Science in the department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Leicester where he teaches Mathematics. He is a presenter the BBC's "The Sky at Night" program and has written for many popular astronomy magazines, focusing on how amateur astronomers can contribute to the field. - (Simon and Schuster)

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