Moons: A Very Short Introduction

by David A. Rothery

Book Overview

Proving to be both varied and fascinating, moons are far more common than planets in our Solar System. Our own Moon has had a profound influence on Earth, not only through tidal effects, but even on the behaviour of some marine animals. Many remarkable things have been discovered about the moons of the giant outer planets from Voyager, Galileo, Cassini, and other spacecraft. Scientists have glimpsed volcanic activity on Io, found oceans of water on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198735278
• ISBN13: 9780198735274
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.4" x 6.8"