Solar surveyors: observing the Sun from space / Peter Bond.
2022
QB521
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Title
Solar surveyors: observing the Sun from space / Peter Bond.
Author
Bond, Peter, 1948- author.
ISBN
9783030987886 (electronic bk.)
3030987884 (electronic bk.)
3030987876
9783030987879
3030987884 (electronic bk.)
3030987876
9783030987879
Publication Details
Cham, Switzerland : Springer ; Chichester, UK : Praxis Publishing, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 535 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-98788-6 doi
Call Number
QB521
Dewey Decimal Classification
523.7
Summary
This is the story of humankind's quest over centuries to learn the true nature of the most dominant object in our Solar System: the Sun. Award-winning science writer Peter Bond describes in detail how our ideas about the Sun have changed over the millennia, starting with the simple observations of classical astronomy and continuing through telescopic observations to the age of nuclear physics. He shows how we discovered the Sun's basic characteristics -- its distance, size, temperature and composition -- and then describes how, with evermore sophisticated instruments, we have learned about the Sun's enormous energy output, its atmosphere and the explosive eruptions that blast clouds of magnetized gas and high-energy particles toward our world. Most of this book focuses on the Space Age, when suborbital rockets and satellites have probed every aspect of our nearby star. Each of these missions is described in detail, with summaries of their objectives, spacecraft designs, scientific payloads and results. The book also looks forward, describing forthcoming missions that will shed new light on remaining solar mysteries, notably the source of the energy that heats the outer corona to millions of degrees. Richly illustrated with mission photos, design diagrams, and infocharts, this book is a fascinating read for anybody interested in the Sun and our attempts to unravel its secrets.
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Includes index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 3, 2022).
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Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Getting to Know the Sun
Chapter 2. Our Nearest Star
Chapter 3. Observing the Sun
Chapter 4. Exploring Interplanetary Space
Chapter 5. Solar Observatories
Chapter 6. Crewed Missions Involved in Solar Studies
Chapter 7. Other Solar Observing Missions
Chapter 8. Future Missions.
Chapter 2. Our Nearest Star
Chapter 3. Observing the Sun
Chapter 4. Exploring Interplanetary Space
Chapter 5. Solar Observatories
Chapter 6. Crewed Missions Involved in Solar Studies
Chapter 7. Other Solar Observing Missions
Chapter 8. Future Missions.