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Satellites. --- Satellites --- Orbits. --- Orbits --- Moons --- Natural satellites --- Planetary satellites --- Planets

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Today, satellite navigation offers convenient alternative to terrestrial and stellar navigation methods that is not only ubiquitous and easy to operate but also available day and night. The radio navigation technology, first appeared in the 1930s and matured in the 1940s, did not take off until the late 1960s and 1970s with the launch of the first navigation satellites by the US Naval and Air Forces, resulting from the NAVSTAR GPS program. The end user navigation equipment, bulky and expensive at the beginning, did not emerge until the microprocessor became viable during the late 1970s. Now-a-day three other global navigation satellite systems are fully or partially operational: the Russian GLONASS, the European Union Galileo, and the Chinese BeiDou. Where does the future lie? Probably in a network of global satellite navigation systems, with increase in satellite coverage and improved accuracy, integrity, and reliability, as these systems further mature. End user equipment will continue to be smaller, more accurate and cheaper. Yet in many respects, satellite navigation systems owe most to the old-time stellar navigation, by keeping man look up to the sky for help.

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Planets --- Satellites --- Celestial mechanics --- Congresses --- 52 --- -Planets --- -Satellites --- -Moons --- Natural satellites --- Planetary satellites --- Gravitational astronomy --- Mechanics, Celestial --- Astrophysics --- Mechanics --- Astronomie. Astrofysica. Ruimteonderzoek. Geodesie --- Congresses. --- -Astronomie. Astrofysica. Ruimteonderzoek. Geodesie --- Moons --- Celestial mechanics. --- Planets - Congresses --- Satellites - Congresses --- Celestial mechanics - Congresses

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This book captures the complex world of planetary moons, which are more diverse than Earth's sole satellite might lead you to believe. New missions continue to find more of these planetary satellites, making an up to date guide more necessary than ever.  Why do Mercury and Venus have no moons at all? Earth's  Moon, of course, is covered in the book with highly detailed maps. Then we move outward to the moons of Mars, then on to many of the more notable asteroid moons, and finally to a list of less-notable ones. All the major moons of the gas giant planets are covered in great detail, while the lesser-known satellites of these worlds are also touched on.  Readers will learn of the remarkable trans-Neptunian Objects – Pluto, Eris, Sedna, Quaoar –including many of those that have been given scant attention in the literature. More than just objects to read about, the planets' satellites provide us with important information about the history of the solar system. Projects to help us learn more about the moons are included throughout the book. Most amateur astronomers can name some of the more prominent moons in the solar system, but few are intimately familiar with the full variety that exists in our backyard: 146 and counting. As our understanding of the many bodies in our solar system broadens, this is an invaluable tour of our expanding knowledge of the moons both near and far.

Astronomy - General --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Satellites --- Moons --- Natural satellites --- Planetary satellites --- Planets --- Astronomy. --- Planetology. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. --- Planetary sciences --- Planetology --- Astrophysics. --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics

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Starting from Mars outward this concise handbook provides thorough information on the satellites of the planets in the solar system. Each chapter begins with a section on the discovery and the naming of the planet's satellites or rings. This is followed by a section presenting the historic sources of those names. The book contains tables with the orbital and physical parameters of all satellites and is illustrated throughout with modern photos of the planets and their moons as well as historical and mythological drawings. The Cyrillic transcriptions of the satellite names are provided in a register. Readers interested in the history of astronomy and its mythological backgrounds will enjoy this beautiful volume.

Moon. --- Satellites. --- Solar system. --- Satellites --- Astronomy - General --- Theoretical Astronomy --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Moons --- Natural satellites --- Planetary satellites --- Physics. --- Cultural heritage. --- History. --- Planetology. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy --- Astronomy. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- History of Science. --- Cultural Heritage. --- Observations. --- Milky Way --- Planets