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Astrogeology --- Outer space --- Exploration --- Exogeology --- Extraterrestrial geology --- Geoastronomy --- Space geology --- Astrogeology. --- Exploration of outer space. --- Outer space. --- Astronomy --- Geology

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Astrogeology. --- Exogeology --- Extraterrestrial geology --- Geoastronomy --- Space geology --- Astronomy --- Geology --- Outer space --- Espace extra-atmosphérique --- Outer space. --- Exploration. --- Solar system --- Exploration

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Imagine the unique experience of being the very first person to hold a newly-found meteorite in your hand – a rock from space, older than Earth! "Weekend meteorite hunting" with magnets and metal detectors is becoming ever more popular as a pastime, but of course you can’t just walk around and pick up meteorites in the same way that you can pick up seashells on the beach. Those fragments that survived the intense heat of re-entry tend to disguise themselves as natural rocks over time, and it takes a trained eye – along with the information in this book – to recognize them. Just as amateur astronomers are familiar with the telescopes and accessories needed to study a celestial object, amateur meteoriticists have to use equipment ranging from simple hand lenses to microscopes to study a specimen, to identify its type and origins. Equipment and techniques are covered in detail here of course, along with a complete and fully illustrated guide to what you might find and where you might find it. In fact, the Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites contains pretty much everything an amateur astronomer – or geologist – needs to know about meteors and meteorites.

astronomy --- Solar system --- popularisering wetenschap --- Space research --- Astrophysics --- astronomie --- planeten --- astrofysica --- zonnestelsel --- astrophysics --- ruimte (astronomie) --- Science --- Astrogeology. --- Meteors. --- Astronomy. --- Planetology. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Planetary sciences --- Planetology --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy—Observations. --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Astrogeology --- Meteors --- Exogeology --- Extraterrestrial geology --- Geoastronomy --- Space geology --- Astronomy --- Geology --- Astronomical meteors --- Falling stars --- Fireballs (Meteors) --- Shooting stars (Meteors) --- Stars, Falling --- Stars, Shooting --- Near-Earth objects

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This textbook is intended to be used in a lecture course for college students majoring in the Earth Sciences. Planetary Science provides an opportunity for these students to apply a wide range of subject matter pertaining to the Earth to the study of other planets of the solar system and their principal satellites. As a result, students gain a wider perspective of the different worlds that are accessible to us and they are led to recognize the Earth as the only oasis in space where we can live without life-support systems. The subject matter is presented in 24 chapters that lead the reader through the solar system starting with historical perspectives on space exploration and the development of the scientific method. The presentations concerning the planets and their satellites emphasize that their origin and subsequent evolution can be explained by applications of certain basic principles of physics, chemistry, and celestial mechanics and that the surface features of the solid bodies in the solar system can be interpreted by means of the principles of geology. Organized in a hierarchical manner so that every chapter builds on preceding ones Abundantly illustrated with diagrams and color images Includes problem sets and a glossary.

Astrogeology --- Planets --- Geology --- Astrogeology. --- Geology. --- Solar system. --- Astrogéologie --- Planètes --- Géologie --- Solar system --- Système solaire --- EPUB-LIV-FT SPRINGER-B LIVTERRE --- Planetology. --- Geochemistry. --- Physical geography. --- Mineralogy. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Physical geology --- Crystallography --- Minerals --- Geography --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Chemistry --- Earth sciences --- Planetary sciences --- Planetology --- Geophysics. --- Astrophysics. --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Planetary geology --- Exogeology --- Extraterrestrial geology --- Geoastronomy --- Space geology --- Milky Way --- Planets - Geology