The Value Of The Moon
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The Value Of The Moon
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Author : Paul D. Spudis
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2016-04-26
The Value Of The Moon written by Paul D. Spudis and has been published by Smithsonian Institution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-26 with Science categories.
While the Moon was once thought to hold the key to space exploration, in recent decades, the U.S. has largely turned its sights toward Mars and other celestial bodies instead. In The Value of the Moon, lunar scientist Paul Spudis argues that the U.S. can and should return to the moon in order to remain a world leader in space utilization and development and a participant in and beneficiary of a new lunar economy. Spudis explores three reasons for returning to the Moon: it is close, it is interesting, and it is useful. The proximity of the Moon not only allows for frequent launches, but also control of any machinery we place there. It is interesting because recorded deep on its surface and in its craters is the preserved history of the moon, the sun, and indeed the entire galaxy. And finally, the moon is useful because it is rich with materials and energy. The moon, Spudis argues, is a logical base for further space exploration and even a possible future home for us all. Throughout his work, Spudis incorporates details about man's fascination with the moon and its place in our shared history. He also explores its religious, cultural, and scientific resonance and assesses its role in the future of spaceflight and our national security and prosperity.
The Value Of The Moon
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Author : Paul D. Spudis
language : en
Publisher: Soho Press
Release Date : 2022-03-29
The Value Of The Moon written by Paul D. Spudis and has been published by Soho Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-29 with Science categories.
While the Moon was once thought to hold the key to space exploration, in recent decades, the U.S. has largely turned its sights toward Mars and other celestial bodies instead. In The Value of the Moon, lunar scientist Paul Spudis argues that the U.S. can and should return to the moon in order to remain a world leader in space utilization and development and a participant in and beneficiary of a new lunar economy. Spudis explores three reasons for returning to the Moon: it is close, it is interesting, and it is useful. The proximity of the Moon not only allows for frequent launches, but also control of any machinery we place there. It is interesting because recorded deep on its surface and in its craters is the preserved history of the moon, the sun, and indeed the entire galaxy. And finally, the moon is useful because it is rich with materials and energy. The moon, Spudis argues, is a logical base for further space exploration and even a possible future home for us all. Throughout his work, Spudis incorporates details about man's fascination with the moon and its place in our shared history. He also explores its religious, cultural, and scientific resonance and assesses its role in the future of spaceflight and our national security and prosperity.
The Moon
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Author : Richard Anthony Proctor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
The Moon written by Richard Anthony Proctor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Moon categories.
Philosophical Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1886
Philosophical Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1886 with Physics categories.
Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society
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Author : Royal Astronomical Society
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society written by Royal Astronomical Society and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with Astronomy categories.
Portfolio of 8 charts accompanies v. 83.
On The Distances Between Sun Moon And Earth
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Author : Janice Adrienne Henderson
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-11-27
On The Distances Between Sun Moon And Earth written by Janice Adrienne Henderson and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-27 with History categories.
The Prutenic Tables of Erasmus Reinhold, published in 1551, were the first set of astronomical tables to use the Copernican model of the solar system. Reinhold left a detailed account of his derivation of the parameters used in these tables in his "Commentarius in opus Revolutionum Copernici". The present work is based on an analysis of this unpublished manuscript, which was rediscovered early in this century. In particular, this work analyses the geocentric distances of the sun and moon as found in Ptolemy's Almagest, in both the manuscript version and the Nuremberg edition of Copernicus' De Revolutionibus, in Reinhold's commentary on the Almagest, and in Reinhold's commentary on this section of De Revolutionibus. Chapter one contains a detailed analysis of the lunar distance, and chapter two concerns the apparent diameters of the sun, moon and shadow. The Ptolemaic method, which is the model for Copernicus and Reinhold, requires the determination of these quantities as a preliminary to the calculation of the solar distance, which is treated in chapter three. The fourth chapter is a brief analysis of the relative magnitudes of the sun, moon and earth, which Ptolemy, Copernicus and Reinhold discuss after they have reached values of the lunar and solar distances. The final chapter concerns an application of the distances - the solar and lunar parallaxes and diameters.
Theory Of The Moon S Motion
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Author : John Nelson Stockwell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875
Theory Of The Moon S Motion written by John Nelson Stockwell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with Lunar theory categories.
The Moon S Near Side Megabasin And Far Side Bulge
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Author : Charles Byrne
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2014-02-01
The Moon S Near Side Megabasin And Far Side Bulge written by Charles Byrne and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-01 with Science categories.
Since Luna and Lunar Orbiter photographed the far side of the Moon, the mysterious dichotomy between the face of the Moon as we see it from Earth and the side of the Moon that is hidden has puzzled lunar scientists. As we learned more from the Apollo sample return missions and later robotic satellites, the puzzle literally deepened, showing asymmetry of the crust and mantle, all the way to the core of the Moon. This book summarizes the author’s successful search for an ancient impact feature, the Near Side Megabasin of the Moon and the extensions to impact theory needed to find it. The implications of this ancient event are developed to answer many of the questions about the history of the Moon.
Ancient Astronomical Observations And The Study Of The Moon S Motion 1691 1757
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Author : John M. Steele
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-02-17
Ancient Astronomical Observations And The Study Of The Moon S Motion 1691 1757 written by John M. Steele and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-17 with Mathematics categories.
The discovery of a gradual acceleration in the moon’s mean motion by Edmond Halley in the last decade of the seventeenth century led to a revival of interest in reports of astronomical observations from antiquity. These observations provided the only means to study the moon’s ‘secular acceleration’, as this newly-discovered acceleration became known. This book contains the first detailed study of the use of ancient and medieval astronomical observations in order to investigate the moon’s secular acceleration from its discovery by Halley to the establishment of the magnitude of the acceleration by Richard Dunthorne, Tobias Mayer and Jérôme Lalande in the 1740s and 1750s. Making extensive use of previously unstudied manuscripts, this work shows how different astronomers used the same small body of preserved ancient observations in different ways in their work on the secular acceleration. In addition, this work looks at the wider context of the study of the moon’s secular acceleration, including its use in debates of biblical chronology, whether the heavens were made up of æther, and the use of astronomy in determining geographical longitude. It also discusses wider issues of the perceptions and knowledge of ancient and medieval astronomy in the early-modern period. This book will be of interest to historians of astronomy, astronomers and historians of the ancient world.
Physics And Astronomy Of The Moon
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Author : Zdeněk Kopal
language : en
Publisher: Academic Press
Release Date : 2013-09-17
Physics And Astronomy Of The Moon written by Zdeněk Kopal and has been published by Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-17 with Science categories.
Physics and Astronomy of the Moon focuses on the application of principles of physics in the study of the moon, including perturbations, equations, light scattering, and photometry. The selection first offers information on the motion of the moon in space and libration of the moon. Topics include Hill's equations of motion, non-solar perturbations, improved lunar ephemeris, optical and physical libration of the moon, and adjustment of heliometric observations of the moon's libration. The text then elaborates on the dynamics of the earth-moon system, photometry of the moon, and polarization of moonlight. The publication explains lunar eclipses and the topography of the moon. Discussions focus on the photometric model of eclipses, brightness of the solar elementary ring, effects of light scattering, photometry of lunar eclipses, and determination of altitudes on the moon. The text then evaluates the interpretation of lunar craters, luminescence of the lunar surface, and the origin and history of the moon. The selection is a dependable reference for physicists and astronomers interested in the application of principles of physics in the study of the moon.