书目名称 | Measure of the Moon |
副标题 | Proceedings of the S |
编辑 | Zdeněk Kopal,Constantine L. Goudas |
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丛书名称 | Astrophysics and Space Science Library |
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描述 | 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 o |
出版日期 | Conference proceedings 1967 |
关键词 | LOPES; Libration; gravitation; solar |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3529-3 |
isbn_softcover | 978-94-010-3531-6 |
isbn_ebook | 978-94-010-3529-3Series ISSN 0067-0057 Series E-ISSN 2214-7985 |
issn_series | 0067-0057 |
copyright | D. Reidel Publishing Company 1967 |