The wandering astronomer / Patrick Moore.

Drawing on the author's knowledge and direct experience of the key events in astronomy and space exploration, this book takes a sideways look at the historical reports and contemporary thought behind a range of astronomical topics. It includes a collection of essays that cover various things fr...

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Main Author: Moore, Patrick (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2010]
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505 0 |a The Atmosphere of the Moon -- The Man Who Discovered a Planet -- Moon in Shadow -- The Zodiacal Intruder -- Fishing Hipparcos Down -- The Past and Future Moon -- Visitor to the Acres Vallis -- Harvest Moons, Wolf Moons and Blue Moons -- The Cosmic Zebra. Flying Saucers in Selsey -- Gene Shoemaker -- The Blackness of Mathilde -- Hitch-Hider and Others -- Ice on the Moon? -- Mira Stella -- The Case of the Vanishing Planets -- Poetic Moons -- A Lightning Decision! -- The Strange Case of SS Lacertae -- How the Lunar Craters Weren't Formed -- The Lonely Brown Dwarf -- Sister Marie and Others -- To Catch a Comet -- Curious Callisto -- A year on Icarus -- The Lighter Side of Space -- Alshain -- Names in the Sky -- Travel to the Stars? -- Ghost Moons -- Ripples of Creation -- "Des Res" on Mars? -- The Edge of the Moon -- The Sad Case of Dr Elliott -- Fast Lane to Pluto -- Life Can Appear but Will it! -- Thatcher's Comet -- Apocalypse Postponed -- The Star in the East -- It was in the Papers! -- Caribbean Eclipse. 
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