Solar system moons
Subtitle: discovery and mythology
By: Jürgen Blunck
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9783540688525; 9783540688532
Subjects: Satellites
Description: Starting from Mars outward, this handbook provides information on the satellites of the planets in the solar system. Each chapter begins with a section on the discovery and the naming of the planet's satellites or rings. This is followed by a section presenting the historic sources of those names.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 137) and index.