The Moon that Wasn't The Saga of Venus' Spurious Satellite
This book details the history of one of astronomy’s many spurious objects, the satellite of Venus. First spotted in 1645, the non-existing moon was observed more than a dozen times until the late eighteenth century. Although few astronomers believed in the existence of the moon after about 1770, it...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Basel
Birkhäuser
2008, 2008
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008 |
| Series: | Science Networks. Historical Studies
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- A moon or not? A century of confusion
- From climax to anticlimax
- Contemporary analysis and criticism
- A spurious but persistent satellite
- Closure: the discussion of the 1880s
- Conclusion, and a note on the satellites of Uranus