Titlebook: Distant Worlds; Milestones in Planet Peter Bond Book 20071st edition Springer-Verlag New York 2007 Planet.Solar System.astronomy.moon.solar

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Mercury: The Iron Planet,Mars. At such times, it becomes a tiny beacon that rivals Sirus, the brightest star in the sky. Yet although the existence of this elusive little planet has been recognized since prehistoric times, it remains one of the most mysterious inhabitants of our Solar System.

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Asteroids: Vermin of the skies,Saturn, but there were occasional suggestions that one or more unseen objects lurked between the Sun’s known planetary companions. Johannes Kepler, the seventeenth-century mathematician who formulated the laws of planetary motion, was one who believed that another world must orbit the Sun between Ma

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Jupiter: King of the planets,nets or wanderers among the fixed stars. Although it was outshone by Venus, the morning or evening “star,” Jupiter had no rival (other than the moon and the occasional apparition of Venus) after midnight, when it frequently dominated the heavens.

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Comets: Cosmic icebergs,litical upheavals. Shrouded in thin, luminous veils with tails streaming behind them, these “l(fā)ong-haired stars” were termed “comets” by the ancient Greeks (the Greek word . meant “hair”). Even today, explanations involving spirits and supernatural occurrences prevail among primitive people living in

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