Celestial shadows : eclipses, transits, and occultations /: eclipses, transits, and occultations. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Westfall, William Sheehan.
• Authors: Westfall, John Edward, 1938-; Sheehan, William, 1954-
• Contents: 1. Celestial Shadows -- 2. Of Orbs and Orbits -- 3. In Earth's Shadow -- 4. The Lunar Eclipse Experience -- 5.To Darken the Earth -- 6. Approaching Shadows -- 7. Multiplying moons 8. A Difference in Degree: Transits and Eclipses -- 9. Missed Opportunities and Finally-Success! -- 10. Homage to Horrocks -- 11."This Famed Phenomenon" -- 12. 1769: Cook's Tour -- 13. Further Planetary Pursuits -- 14. A Noble Triumph -- Surpassed: The 1874 Transit 15. 1882: Halley's (and Delisle's) Last Hurrah -- 16. Postscript to Parallaxes -- 17. The June Flowers of 2004 -- 18. 2012 -- Hail to Thee, Venus -- and Fond Farewell! -- 19. Future Transits -- 20. When Stars Wink Out -- 21. Grasping a Fleeting Shadow -- 22. Into the Starry Gulfs App. A. Transits of Mercury, 1605-2999 CE -- App. B. Transits of Venus, 5887 BCE-9886 CE -- App. C. Eclipsing Variable Stars -- App. D. Transiting Exoplanets (Transit Depths > = 1 mmag).
• Publisher Details: New York : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 713 pages)
• Subjects: 523.38; Physics; Eclipses; Transits; Occultations; Lunar eclipses; Eclipses; Lunar eclipses; Occultations; Transits; Science -- Astronomy; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Popular astronomy & space; Solar system: the Sun & planets; Astronomy; Planetology; Theoretical & mathematical astronomy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493915347; 1493915347; 9781493915354; 1493915355
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 31, 2014).
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