Moons of the Solar System From Giant Ganymede to Dainty Dactyl
This book captures the complex world of planetary moons, which are more diverse than Earth's sole satellite might lead you to believe. New missions continue to find more of these planetary satellites, making an up to date guide more necessary than ev
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Moons of the Solar System From Giant Ganymede to Dainty Dactyl
Astronomers’ Universe
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James A. Hall III
Moons of the Solar System From Giant Ganymede to Dainty Dactyl
James A. Hall III Crystal River, FL, USA
ISSN 1614-659X ISSN 2197-6651 (electronic) Astronomers’ Universe ISBN 978-3-319-20635-6 ISBN 978-3-319-20636-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-20636-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015944309 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover image courtesy of NASA Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
This book is dedicated to all the people who helped support me during my times of need; Including my family and closest friends; And to “the lovers, the dreamers and me.”
Preface
Ever since the first thing that could be called “human” has first looked up at night, we have had a single eye-like orb looking back at us. However, it would take some of the greatest achievements of humankind to know what we now know about it. Hence Armstrong’s famous line, “one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” It was originally and long thought our moon was affixed to a sphere that orbited the Earth (which was naturally at the center of the universe). We now know that this is not true; current scientific thought dictates that the moon orbits the Earth, the Earth orbits the sun (Sol, by name), and that other natural objects orbiting the sun also have yet other natural objects orbiting them, under the catch-all title “satellites.” Since our solar system has so many of these objects, one might want a book detailing a bit about them. Finding most such books incomplete or simply out-of-date, I found that I had to write my own book.
What Is a Moon, Anyway? “Describe a moon.” Sounds easy,
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