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Solar system maps : from antiquity to the space age / Nick Kanas.

By: Series: Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomyPublisher: New York : Springer ; Chichester, UK : Published in association with Praxis Publishing, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: xxix, 331 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781461408956 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
  • 1461408954 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 523.2 23
LOC classification:
  • QB501 .K36 2013
Contents:
World views and the solar system -- Earth-centered world views in classical Europe -- Non-European world views -- Earth-centered world views in the Middle Ages and Renaissance -- Sun-centered and hybrid world views -- No center : an unbounded universe and the plurality of worlds -- Our expanding solar system : planets and moons -- Our expanding solar system : Pluto, asteroids, and the far reaches -- Popularizing the solar system in the early United States -- Space age images of the solar system.
Summary: In recent years, there has been increased interest in our Solar System. This has been prompted by the launching of giant orbiting telescopes and space probes, the discovery of new planetary moons and heavenly bodies that orbit the Sun, and the demotion of Pluto as a planet. In one generation, our place in the heavens has been challenged, but this is not unusual. Throughout history, there have been a number of such world views. Initially, Earth was seen as the center of the universe and surrounded by orbiting planets and stars. Then the Sun became the center of the cosmos. Finally, there was no center, just a vast array of galaxies with individual stars, some with their own retinue of planets. This allowed our Solar System to be differentiated from deep-sky objects, but it didn't lose its mystery as more and more remarkable bodies were discovered within its boundaries.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-320) and index.

World views and the solar system -- Earth-centered world views in classical Europe -- Non-European world views -- Earth-centered world views in the Middle Ages and Renaissance -- Sun-centered and hybrid world views -- No center : an unbounded universe and the plurality of worlds -- Our expanding solar system : planets and moons -- Our expanding solar system : Pluto, asteroids, and the far reaches -- Popularizing the solar system in the early United States -- Space age images of the solar system.

In recent years, there has been increased interest in our Solar System. This has been prompted by the launching of giant orbiting telescopes and space probes, the discovery of new planetary moons and heavenly bodies that orbit the Sun, and the demotion of Pluto as a planet. In one generation, our place in the heavens has been challenged, but this is not unusual. Throughout history, there have been a number of such world views. Initially, Earth was seen as the center of the universe and surrounded by orbiting planets and stars. Then the Sun became the center of the cosmos. Finally, there was no center, just a vast array of galaxies with individual stars, some with their own retinue of planets. This allowed our Solar System to be differentiated from deep-sky objects, but it didn't lose its mystery as more and more remarkable bodies were discovered within its boundaries.

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