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Pluto & Charon: The New Horizons spacecraft at the farthest worldly shores
On 14 July 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft passed through the system of the former ninth planet, Pluto. This book gives a preliminary overview of the results that had been obtained from data sent by New Horizons to Earth till spring 2016.
Like its companion volume " Pluto's big brother", "Pluto & Charon" is intended for armchair astronomers and other interested readers who have some basic knowledge of astronomy and other natural sciences but are more interested in colour images than in charts and equations.
Dr Rainer Riemann, astrophycisist of the University of Heidelberg, Germany, has added a preface to this volume.
Like its companion volume " Pluto's big brother", "Pluto & Charon" is intended for armchair astronomers and other interested readers who have some basic knowledge of astronomy and other natural sciences but are more interested in colour images than in charts and equations.
Dr Rainer Riemann, astrophycisist of the University of Heidelberg, Germany, has added a preface to this volume.
150 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 28, 2016
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March 27, 2020
An interesting perspective on the data returned by the spacecraft, and a nice technical detail explanation on the instruments on the spacecraft.
Unfortunately, it would appear the author(s) are not native english speakers, and/or this this ebook was a scanned/ocred copy of a paper book, because there were errors in it that wouldn't make any sense otherwise. Milliard instead of million, multiple times when million was used instead of billion, and at least one place where the complete wrong word was used. Proofreading is essential, especially so when publishing books of a scientific nature, since the primary focus of said books is for folks to learn from them. It does nobody any good if the learned information is wrong.
Despite the errors though, I did find this book to be informative, and it filled a gap in my knowledge that I'd largely not even known was there. It's a very fascinating book, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in space or the exploration thereof.
Unfortunately, it would appear the author(s) are not native english speakers, and/or this this ebook was a scanned/ocred copy of a paper book, because there were errors in it that wouldn't make any sense otherwise. Milliard instead of million, multiple times when million was used instead of billion, and at least one place where the complete wrong word was used. Proofreading is essential, especially so when publishing books of a scientific nature, since the primary focus of said books is for folks to learn from them. It does nobody any good if the learned information is wrong.
Despite the errors though, I did find this book to be informative, and it filled a gap in my knowledge that I'd largely not even known was there. It's a very fascinating book, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in space or the exploration thereof.
September 23, 2020
If you are entranced by Pluto or Pluto and Charon, this is the book for you -- 200 pages of information about the discovery, description, planetary history, and beginning of the plans to launch a spacecraft to fly by Pluto and Charon. Unfortunately, it is about 20 years old and some of the information is outdated and the spaceship has made its trip. It is still a good book.
The Riemann seemed to target a young audience with his writing, so gives many assists for them in understanding the information. He defines terms, uses photos of scientists and celestial objects, provides diagrams, etc.
The author cited in the book was Stern. It is partly because of that name that I read the book. Stern led the project to launch a spacecraft to Pluto and is an interesting character.
The Riemann seemed to target a young audience with his writing, so gives many assists for them in understanding the information. He defines terms, uses photos of scientists and celestial objects, provides diagrams, etc.
The author cited in the book was Stern. It is partly because of that name that I read the book. Stern led the project to launch a spacecraft to Pluto and is an interesting character.
August 30, 2017
I have to say when I read this book I found the ideas very agreeable and honestly reviewed. It touched on all of the topics I was taught in my younger years and clarified why they were such. This is good read for environmental or astronomical studies.
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