Astrophysical Data : Planets and Stars / by Kenneth R. Lang.
This volume collects an enormous amount of reference information for astronomers and astrophysicists, ranging from fundamental physical constants to orbital data for selected asteroids. For the Earth and planets, it includes, for example, data on mass, orbits, and atmospheres. There are chapters on...
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Table of Contents:
- I. Constants and Conversion Factors
- 1. Constants and Units
- II. Planets and their Satellites
- 2. Planet Earth
- 3. The Planets
- 4. The Moon
- 5. Satellites of the Planets
- 6. Asteroids and their Debris
- 7. Comets and their Debris
- III. The Stars
- 8. The Sun
- 9. Basic Stellar Data
- 10. Bright and Nearby Stars
- 11. Wolf-Rayet Stars
- 12. Magnetic Stars
- 13. Stellar Activity
- IV. Star Clusters and Associations
- 14. Globular Clusters
- 15. Open Clusters
- 16. OB Associations
- V. The Stellar Environment
- 17. Regions of Star Formation
- 18. Diffuse Emission Nebulae or H II Regions
- 19. Reflection Nebulae
- 20. Planetary Nebulae
- VI. Dying Stars
- 21. White Dwarf Stars
- 22. Pulsars
- 23. Candidate Black Holes
- VII. Interacting Binary Systems
- 24. Cataclysmic Binary Systems
- 25. Symbiotic Stars
- VIII. Supernovae Explosions and their Remnants
- 26. Supernovae
- 27. Supernova Remnants
- IX. High Energy Radiation From Stars
- 28. X-Ray and Gamma Ray Sources
- 29. Appendix
- References.