Introduction to stars and planets : an activities-based exploration /: an activities-based exploration. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alan Hirshfeld.
• Authors: Hirshfeld, Alan
• Contents: Preface; Author Biography ; Part I: The Sun 1. The Sun’s Distance I: the Method of Aristarchus 2. The Sun’s Distance II: Transits and Radar-ranging of Venus 3. The Sun’s Diameter and Mass 4. The Sunspot Cycle 5. The Solar Constant 6. The Sun’s Luminosity 7. The Sun’s Surface Temperature 8. Spectral Lines and the Chemistry of the Sun 9. Is the Sun on Fire? 10. How Long Will the Sun Shine? ; Part II: The Stars 11. The Distances of Stars: Stellar Parallax 12. Weighing a Star: Binary Stars and Stellar Mass 13. The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram 14. The Distance to a Star Cluster; 15. The Evolution of the Sun 16. The Evolution of Massive Stars 17. Supernovae: The Expansion of the Crab Nebula 18. The Event Horizon of Black Holes 19. Kepler’s Third Law and the Masses of Black Holes 20. Our Place in the Galaxy ; Part III: The Planets 21. A Slice of Earth 22. Geological Time in Perspective 23. The Comparative Density of Planets 24. Planetary Surface Temperatures 25. The Habitable Zone 26. The Search for Exoplanets: Doppler Method 27. The Search for Exoplanets: Transit Method (I) 28. The Search for Exoplanets: Transit Method (II) ; Appendix A
• Publisher Details: Bristol : IOP Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 523.2; Planets; Stars
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750336918; 9780750336901
• Related ISBNs: 9780750336895
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