What If the Earth Had Two Moons?
And Nine Other Thought-Provoking Speculations on the Solar System
What if? questions stimulate people to think in new ways, to refresh old ideas, and to make new discoveries. In What If the Earth Had Two Moons, Neil Comins leads us on a fascinating ten-world journey as we explore what our planet would be like under alternative astronomical conditions. In each case, the Earth would be different, often in surprising ways. The title chapter, for example, gives us a second moon orbiting closer to Earth than the one we have now. The night sky is a lot brighter, but that won't last forever. Eventually the moons collide, with one extra-massive moon emerging after a period during which Earth sports a Saturn-like ri…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4299-5793-9
- EAN: 9781429957939
- Produktnummer: 22458923
- Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'459 KB
- Abbildungen: Includes 25 black-and-white line drawings throughout
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Neil F. Comins
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