What if the Earth had two moons?
Subtitle: and nine other thought-provoking speculations on the solar system
By: Neil F. Comins
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780312598921
Description: An astronomer and author explores ten examples of what Earth would be like if conditions in the universe were slightly altered, in a fascinating journey into scientific scenarios.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: What if the Earth had two moons? : Dimaan, Lluna, and Kuu; title: What if the Earth were a moon? : Mynoa and Tyran; title: What if the moon orbited backwards? : Anillo; title: What if the Earth's crust were thicker? : Dichron; title: What if the Earth formed fifteen billion years from now? : Futura; title: What if there were a counter-earth, a planet in Earth's orbit on the other side of the Sun? : Dopple I, II, and III; title: What if the Earth had formed elsewhere in the galaxy? : Kern I and II; title: What if the Sun were less massive : Dimune I and II; title: What if the Earth had two suns? : Zweisonne I, II, and III; title: What if another galaxy collided with the Milky Way? : Earth.