TY - GEN N2 - Much of what is known about the universe came from the study of celestial shadows. This book looks in detail at the way eclipses and other celestial shadows have given us amazing insights into the nature of the objects in our solar system and how they are even helping us discover and analyze planets that orbit stars other than our Sun. A variety of eclipses, transits, and occultations of the mooons of Jupiter and Saturn, Pluto and its satellite Charon, asteroids and stars have helped astronomers to work out their dimensions, structures, and shapes - even the existence of atmospheres and struc. AB - Much of what is known about the universe came from the study of celestial shadows. This book looks in detail at the way eclipses and other celestial shadows have given us amazing insights into the nature of the objects in our solar system and how they are even helping us discover and analyze planets that orbit stars other than our Sun. A variety of eclipses, transits, and occultations of the mooons of Jupiter and Saturn, Pluto and its satellite Charon, asteroids and stars have helped astronomers to work out their dimensions, structures, and shapes - even the existence of atmospheres and struc. T1 - Celestial shadowseclipses, transits, and occultations / AU - Westfall, John Edward, AU - Sheehan, William, VL - 410 CN - SpringerLink CN - QB175 ID - 724469 KW - Eclipses. KW - Occultations. KW - Lunar eclipses. SN - 9781493915354 SN - 1493915355 TI - Celestial shadowseclipses, transits, and occultations / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4939-1535-4 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4939-1535-4 ER -