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MEASURE OF THE MOON
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SELENODESY AND LUNAR TOPOGRAPHY HELD IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND MAY 30 - JUNE 4, 1966 |
| By: |
Zdenek Kopal (Editor), Constantine L. Goudas (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£149.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9401035318 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789401035316 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER |
| Pub. date: |
9 November, 2011 |
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Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1967 |
| Series: |
Astrophysics and Space Science Library 8 |
| Pages: |
500 |
| Description: |
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Selenodesy and Lunar Topography held at the University of Manchester, England, May 30-June 4, 1966 |
| Synopsis: |
After many decades spent in astronomical semi-obscurity, the Moon has of late suddenly emerged to claim renewed interest on the part of the students of astronomy, as well as of other branches of physical science and technology; and the reasons which brought this about are indeed of historical significance. From time immemorial, astronomy has been debarred from the status of a gen- uine experimental science by the utter remoteness of the objects of its study. With the exception of meteors - those small freaks of cosmic matter intercepted by the Earth on its perpetual journey through space - the properties of all celestial bodies outside the gravitational confines of our planet could be studied only at a distance: namely, from the effect of attraction exerted by their masses; or from the ciphered message of their light brought to us by nimble-footed photons across the intervening gaps of space. A dramatic emergence of long-range rockets in the last decade bids fair to bring about a profound change in this situation.On September 13, 1959 - a memorable date in the history of human endeavour - a man-made missile of Russian origin crash- landed on the surface of the Moon in the region of its Mare Imbrium, and thus ended the age-long separation of the Earth and its only natural satellite which lasted not less than 4t billion years. |
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biography |
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Netherlands |
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Springer |
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