Atlas of Neptune

by Garry E. Hunt and Patrick Moore

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521374782
• ISBN13: 9780521374781
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 12.0"

Customer Reviews

The authoritative guide to Neptune

After their superb atlases of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus, Hunt and Moore delight us once again with an "everything we know about" book, this time on the farthest of the four gas giants, Neptune.Even more so than its predecessors, this work is primarily based on the data returned by Voyager 2 in its August, 1989 flyby, which resulted in the discovery of the "Great Dark Spot", of new minor satellites, and gave us spectacular close-ups of the surface of Neptune's sole giant moon, Triton, and its strange "cantalope terrain". All of these marvels are reproduced in full color, making this book as visually appealing as it is intellectually stimulating. Sadly, since no further missions to Neptune are planned, this will probably be the state-of-the-art of our knowledge of Neptune for some years to come, making this book a worthy investment. A historical overview of the discovery and telescopic exploration of Neptune and a brief technical discussion of Voyager 2's mission and the unique technical challenges it faced during the Neptune encounter complete this work. A wonderful book that should not be missing in any astronomical library.