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Exploring the Solar System

The exploration of our solar system is one of humanity's greatest scientific achievements. The last fifty years in particular have seen huge steps forward in our understanding of the planets, the sun, and other objects in the solar system. Whilst planetary science is now a mature discipline - involving geoscientists, astronomers, physicists, and others – many profound mysteries remain, and there is indeed still the tantalizing possibility that we may find evidence of life on another planet in our system.Drawing upon the latest results from the second golden age of Solar System exploratio

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  • "The exploration of our solar system is one of humanity's greatest scientific achievements. The last fifty years in particular have seen huge steps forward in our understanding of the planets, the sun, and other objects in the solar system. Whilst planetary science is now a mature discipline - involving geoscientists, astronomers, physicists, and others – many profound mysteries remain, and there is indeed still the tantalizing possibility that we may find evidence of life on another planet in our system.Drawing upon the latest results from the second golden age of Solar System exploration, author Peter Bond provides an authoritative and up-to-date account of the planets, satellites and smaller debris that orbit the Sun."
  • "... À partir des plus récentes découvertes de l'exploration du Système Solaire, Peter Bond offre un panorama exhaustif et exemplaire des planètes, lunes et autres petits corps en orbite autour du Soleil et des étoiles proches... Le texte, riche mais limpide, est ponctué d'anecdotes sur les hasards des découvertes, les trésors d'ingéniosité pour dépanner des sondes spatiales à un milliard de kilomètres, l'opiniâtreté des astronomes exploitant le moindre indice pour découvrir bien plus que ce qu'ils imaginaient... Entre mille autres exemples, on y apprend : Où se placer pour admirer deux couchers de Soleil par jour sur Mercure, la planète de roche et de fer, brûlante d'un côté et congelée de l'autre ; comment détecter un océan d'eau salée sur une lune de Saturne, protégé de l'espace par une banquise qui, sans cesse, se fracture, laisse fuser des geysers, puis regèle ; pourquoi Vénus tourne à l'envers ; comment on déduit qu'une planète autour d'une autre étoile possède une surface de goudron percée de montagnes de graphite... (Cit. 4e de couv.)."
  • "The exploration of our solar system is one of humanity's greatest scientific achievements. The last fifty years in particular have seen huge steps forward in our understanding of the planets, the sun, and other objects in the solar system. Whilst planetary science is now a mature discipline - involving geoscientists, astronomers, physicists, and others – many profound mysteries remain, and there is indeed still the tantalizing possibility that we may find evidence of life on another planet in our system.Drawing upon the latest results from the second golden age of Solar System exploratio"@en

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  • "L'exploration du système solaire"
  • "Exploring the Solar System"@en
  • "Exploring the Solar System"
  • "L'Exploration du Systeme Solaire"
  • "Exploring the solar system"
  • "Exploring the solar system"@en

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