Contents
76 Mars
78 Missions to Mars
80 Satellites of Mars
82 Map of Mars
84 Hubble Views of Mars
85 Mars from Global Surveyor
86 The Search for Life on Mars
88 The Pathfinder Mission
89 Spirit and Opportunity
90 Asteroids
92 Exceptional Asteroids
94 Jupiter
96 The Changing Face of Jupiter
98 Missions to Jupiter
100 Impacts on Jupiter
102 Satellites of Jupiter
104 The Galilean Satellites –from Galileo
106 Maps of Jupiter’s Satellites
108 Saturn
110 Rings of Saturn
112 Details of Saturn’s Rings
114 Missions to Saturn
116 Satellites of Saturn
118 Maps of Saturn’s Icy Satellites
120 Titan
122 Uranus
124 Missions to Uranus
126 Satellites of Uranus
128 Maps of the Satellites of Uranus
130 Neptune
132 Satellites of Neptune
134 Pluto
136 The Surface of Pluto
137 Boundaries of the Solar System
138 Comets
139 Short-period Comets
140 Halley’s Comet
142 Great Comets
144 Millennium Comets
146 Meteors
148 Meteorites
150 Meteorite CratersFirst published in 1994
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HALF-TITLE PAGE: Star formation is taking
place in the spiral galaxy NGC 6946, also
known as the ‘Fireworks Galaxy’.
OPPOSITE TITLE PAGE:The centre of the
massive galaxy cluster Abell 1689,
photographed by the Hubble Space
Telescope.
7 Foreword by
Professor Sir Arnold Wolfendale, FRS
9 Introduction by Sir Patrick Moore10 EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE
12 Astronomy through the Ages
14 Telescopes and the Stars
16 Observatories of the World
18 Great Telescopes
20 Invisible Astronomy
22 Rockets into Space
24 Satellites and Space Probes
26 Man in Space
28 Space Stations
30 The Hubble Space Telescope32 THE SOLAR SYSTEM
34 The Sun’s Family
36 The Earth in the Solar System
38 The Earth as a Planet
40 The Earth’s Atmosphere and
Magnetosphere
42 The Earth–Moon System
44 Features of the Moon
46 Lunar Landscapes
48 The Far Side of the Moon
50 Missions to the Moon
52 Clementine and Prospector
54 The Moon: First Quadrant
56 The Moon: Second Quadrant
58 The Moon: Third Quadrant
60 The Moon: Fourth Quadrant
62 Movements of the Planets
64 Mercury
66 Features of Mercury
68 Map of Mercury
70 Venus
72 Mapping Venus
74 The Magellan Mission