Bøger af Eugene F. Milone

This second edition updates our knowledge of planetary atmospheres and of the bodies of the outer solar system and their analogs in other planetary systems. Includes many new results on extrasolar planet detections from the Kepler Mission and other surveys.

This second edition incorporates updates that encompass our expanding knowledge of solar system astrophysics. As well as a detailed exposition of celestial mechanics, including coordinate frames, is has fresh material on planetary bodies including Saturn.

Exploring Ancient Skies brings together the methods of archaeology and the insights of modern astronomy to explore the science of astronomy as it was practiced in various cultures prior to the invention of the telescope.

This book covers the formulation of mathematical models for the light curves of eclipsing binary stars and the algorithms to generate such models. This edition has new physics in light curve models and distance fitting, new applications and updated references.