The Data Book of Astronomy
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Author(s): P.Moore
Publisher: Institute of Physics
ISBN: 0750306203
Format: hardback
529pp
Price: £25.00, $40.00
Review Date: 15 November 2000
Review: This reference book is packed with up-to-date data on everything astronomical. It gives data on the Sun, Moon and all the planets with statistics of their size, distance from Earth, rotation, mass, density, surface temperature and much more. There are also details of comets, meteors, glows and atmospheric effects, stars, nebulae, galaxies, as well as telescopes and observatories, the history of astronomy and space research, future space missions and biographies of 250 astronomers who have influenced the development of our understanding of the subject. There are maps of the surfaces of the planets and the Moon -- and 48 star charts covering the northern and southern hemisphere - all supported by detailed tables.