Moons [electronic resource] : a very short introduction / David A. Rothery.

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Proving to be both varied and fascinating, moons are far more common than planets in our Solar System. Our own Moon has had a profound influence on Earth, not only through tidal effects, but even on the behaviour of some marine animals. Many remarkable things have been discovered about the moons of...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Very short introductions ; 450.
Main Author: Rothery, David A. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Very short introductions ; 450.
Subjects:
Satellites.
Moon.
Online Access:
Oxford Very Short Introductions: 2015 (Oxford Academic)
Variant Title:
Moons: A Very Short Introduction
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The discovery and significance of moons
  • The moon
  • The moon's influence on us
  • The moons of giant planets
  • Regular satellites in close up
  • The moons of Mars : captured asteroids
  • Moons of small bodies
  • Moons in other planetary systems : exomoons.