Title: Encyclopedia of astronomy and astrophysics /
Authors: Meyers, Robert A.; Shore, Steven N.
Date: 1989
Publisher: Academic Press,
Physical description: xiv, 807 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: Q
Contents: Astronomy, Infrared / R.D. Gehrz, G.L. Grasdalen, and J.A. Hackwell -- Astronomy, Ultraviolet Space / G.R. Carruthers -- Astrophysics / H.L. Shipman -- Black Holes (Astronomy) / R.A. Saenz and S.L. Shapiro -- Binary Stars / S.N. Shore -- Celestial Mechanics / F.R. Hoots -- Cosmic Inflation / E.P. Tryon -- Cosmic Radiation / P. Meyer -- Cosmology / J.J. Dykla -- Dark Matter in the Universe / S.N. Shore -- Galactic Structure and Evolution / J.P. Huchra -- Gamma-Ray Astronomy / S. White -- Lunar Rocks / A.L. Albee -- Meteorites Cosmic Ray Record / R.C. Reedy -- Moon (Astronomy) / B.J. Buratti -- Neutrino Astronomy / R. Davis, Jr. -- Neutrino Star / S.N. Shore -- Optical Telescopes / L.D. Barr -- Planetary Satellites, Natural / J.S. Levine -- Primitive Solar System Objects : Asteroids and Comets / L.A. McFadden -- Pulsars / C. Michel -- Quasars / S.N. Shore -- Radio Astronomy, Planetary / S. Gulkis -- Radio Astronomy / S.N. Shore -- Relativity, General / J.L. Anderson -- Relativity, Special / J.D. McGervey -- Solar Physics / C.J. Crannell -- Solar System, General / S.F. Dermott -- Solar System, Magnetic and Electric Fields / C.T. Russell -- Solar-Terrestrial Physics / L.J. Lanzerotti -- Space Interstellar Matter / D.G. York -- Star Clusters / S.N. Shore -- Stellar Spectroscopy / J.B. Lester -- Stellar Structure and Evolution / P. Bodenheimer -- Supernovae / D. Branch -- Supernova 1987 / D. Branch -- Variable Stars / S. Shore -- X-Ray Astronomy / J.E. Grindlay.
Subject headings (LCSH): Astronomy--Dictionaries; Astronomy--Encyclopedias; Astrophysics--Dictionaries.; Astrophysics--Encyclopedias.; Dictionaries.