Measure Solar System Objects and Their Movements for Yourself!

• Main Author: Clark, John D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89561-1

Instead of taking somebody's word about the basic size and distances for the solar system's objects, this book shows amateur astronomers how to measure these things for themselves. This is an enriching experience for any amateur astronomer - to understand and personally measure fundamental...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• How Do We Know Venus Orbits the Sun?- How Big Is the Earth?- How Far Away and How Big Is the Moon?- Jupiter's Moons - Where You Can Watch Gravity Do Its Thing
• Sunset, Sunrise
• Getting Further from the Sun: How Do You Ride and Epicycle?- Size Matters
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Index.