Astrophysical Data [E-Book] : Planets and Stars / by Kenneth R. Lang.
This volume of Astrophysical Data deals with Planets and Stars; a second volume, Part II, will give data for Galaxies and the Universe. They both pro vide basic data for use by all scientists, from the amateur astronomer to the professional astrophysicist. In this first volume, we not only provide...
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Personal Name(s): | Lang, Kenneth R., author |
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New York, NY :
Springer,
1992
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Physical Description: |
X, 937 p. online resource. |
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englisch |
ISBN: |
9781468406405 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-1-4684-0640-5 |
Subject (LOC): |
- I. Constants and Conversion Factors
- 1. Constants and Units
- II. Planets and their Satellites
- 2. Planet Earth
- 3. The Planets
- 4. The Moon
- 5. Satellites of the Planets
- 6. Asteroids and their Debris
- 7. Comets and their Debris
- III. The Stars
- 8. The Sun
- 9. Basic Stellar Data
- 10. Bright and Nearby Stars
- 11. Wolf-Rayet Stars
- 12. Magnetic Stars
- 13. Stellar Activity
- IV. Star Clusters and Associations
- 14. Globular Clusters
- 15. Open Clusters
- 16. OB Associations
- V. The Stellar Environment
- 17. Regions of Star Formation
- 18. Diffuse Emission Nebulae or H II Regions
- 19. Reflection Nebulae
- 20. Planetary Nebulae
- VI. Dying Stars
- 21. White Dwarf Stars
- 22. Pulsars
- 23. Candidate Black Holes
- VII. Interacting Binary Systems
- 24. Cataclysmic Binary Systems
- 25. Symbiotic Stars
- VIII. Supernovae Explosions and their Remnants
- 26. Supernovae
- 27. Supernova Remnants
- IX. High Energy Radiation From Stars
- 28. X-Ray and Gamma Ray Sources
- 29. Appendix
- References.