The Moon in the post-Apollo era

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The Moon in the post-Apollo era

by Zdeněk Kopal

(Geophysics and astrophysics monographs, v. 7)

D. Reidel Pub. Co., [1974]

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Includes bibliographies and index

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ISBN 9789027702777

Description

The aim of the present book will be to summarize the results of the space exploration of the Moon in the past fifteen years -culminating in the manned Apollo missions of 1969-1972 -on the background of our previous acquaintance with our satellite made in the past by astronomical observations at a distance. Astronomy is one of the oldest branches of science conceived by the inquisitive human mind; though until quite recently it had been debarred from the status of a genuine experimental science by the remoteness of the objects of its study. With the sole exception of meteoritic matter which occasionally finds its way into our labora tories, all celestial bodies could be investigated only at a distance: namely, from the effects of attraction exerted by their mass, or from the ciphered messages of their light carried by nimble-footed photons across the intervening gaps of space. A dramatic emergence oflong-range spacecraft -capable of carrying men with their instruments not only outside the confines of our atmosphere, but to the actual surface of our nearest celestial neighbour - has since 1957 thoroughly changed this time honoured picture. In particular (as we shall detail in Chapter 1 of this book) space astronomy ofthe Moon is barely 15 years old. But relative infant as it is by age, it has already provided us with such a tremendous amount of new and previously inacces sible scientific data as to virtually revolutionalize our subject."
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pbk ISBN 9789027702784

Description

The aim of the present book will be to summarize the results of the space exploration of the Moon in the past fifteen years -culminating in the manned Apollo missions of 1969-1972 -on the background of our previous acquaintance with our satellite made in the past by astronomical observations at a distance. Astronomy is one of the oldest branches of science conceived by the inquisitive human mind; though until quite recently it had been debarred from the status of a genuine experimental science by the remoteness of the objects of its study. With the sole exception of meteoritic matter which occasionally finds its way into our labora tories, all celestial bodies could be investigated only at a distance: namely, from the effects of attraction exerted by their mass, or from the ciphered messages of their light carried by nimble-footed photons across the intervening gaps of space. A dramatic emergence oflong-range spacecraft -capable of carrying men with their instruments not only outside the confines of our atmosphere, but to the actual surface of our nearest celestial neighbour - has since 1957 thoroughly changed this time honoured picture. In particular (as we shall detail in Chapter 1 of this book) space astronomy ofthe Moon is barely 15 years old. But relative infant as it is by age, it has already provided us with such a tremendous amount of new and previously inacces sible scientific data as to virtually revolutionalize our subject.

Table of Contents

1 Exploration of the Moon by Spacecraft.- 2 Manned Exploration: Apollo (1969-1972).- 3 Basic Facts: Distance, Size and Mass.- 4 Shape and Gravitational Field of the Moon.- 5 Internal Structure of the Moon.- 6 Morphology of Lunar Formations.- 7 Surface Structure and Chemical Composition.- 8 Stratigraphy and Chronology of the Lunar Surface.- 9 Lunar Exosphere.- 10 Origin and Evolution of the Moon.- Name Index.

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  • NCID
    BA07721139
  • ISBN
    • 9027702772
    • 9027702780
  • LCCN
    74026877
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Dordrecht, Holland ; Boston
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 223 p. , [1] fold. leaf of plates
  • Size
    25 cm
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