David A Rothery: 3 books
by David A. Rothery
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
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...
by David A. Rothery
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2010
This Very Short Introduction looks deep into space and describes the worlds that make up our Solar System: terrestrial planets, giant planets, dwarf planets and various other objects such as satellites (moons), asteroids and Trans-Neptunian objects. It considers how our knowledge has advanced over...
Planet Mercury
From Pale Pink Dot to Dynamic World
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
A new and detailed picture of Mercury is emerging thanks to NASA’s MESSENGER mission that spent four years in orbit about the Sun’s innermost planet. Comprehensively illustrated by close-up images and other data, the author describes Mercury’s landscapes from a geological perspective: from sublimation...