The Earth and the moon
By: Linda T. Elkins-Tanton.
Series: Solar system
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Earth -- Popular works.; Moon -- Popular works.
Genres: Popular works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Earth; title: The Earth: fast facts about a planet in orbit; title: Fundamental information about the Earth; title: The interior of the Earth; title: Moment of inertia; title: The brittle crust; title: The solid, but moving mantle; title: High-pressure experiments; title: Rheology, or how solids can flow; title: The solid and liquid cores; title: Magnetic field; title: Temperatures, pressures, and compositions; title: What is pressure?; title: The early evolution of the planet Earth; title: Elements and isotopes; title: The visible planet; title: How old is the Earth's surface?; title: Determining age from radioactive isotopes; title: Surface features; title: Volcanism; title: Earthquakes; title: Atmosphere, surface conditions, and weather; title: Life on Earth; title: Dr. Sara Seager and the search for extrasolar planets; title: The moon; title: The moon: fast facts about the Earth's moon in orbit; title: Formation and evolution of the moon; title: Formation and crystallization of the lunar magma ocean; title: Highlands; title: The late heavy meteorite bombardment; title: Fossa, sulci, and other terms for planetary landforms; title: Basins and volcanism; title: The moon's interior and surface today; title: The interior; title: Surface features; title: Remote sensing; title: The insignificant magnetic fields and atmosphere; title: Water on the moon?; title: Missions to the moon; title: Conclusion: the known and the unknown; title: Appendix 1: units and measurements; title: Fundamental units; title: Comparisons among Kelvin, Celsius, and Fahrenheit; title: Useful measures of distance; title: Definitions for electricity and magnetism; title: Prefixes; title: Appendix 2: light, wavelength, and radiation; title: Appendix 3: a list of all known moons.