Popular Astronomy, Volume 57Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1949 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 30
Page 152
... Temperature , Pressure , and Density of the Atmosphere Extending to Extreme Altitudes , by George Grimminger . ( The RAND Cor- poration , Santa Monica , California . November , 1948. Price $ 2.85 , prepaid . ) This monograph was ...
... Temperature , Pressure , and Density of the Atmosphere Extending to Extreme Altitudes , by George Grimminger . ( The RAND Cor- poration , Santa Monica , California . November , 1948. Price $ 2.85 , prepaid . ) This monograph was ...
Page 353
... temperature is estimated at 1700 C. at its surface and close to 1,000,000 C. at its relatively dense center . Assume the Sun to have once been still larger , and the pressure on its center to have increased while the temperature also ...
... temperature is estimated at 1700 C. at its surface and close to 1,000,000 C. at its relatively dense center . Assume the Sun to have once been still larger , and the pressure on its center to have increased while the temperature also ...
Page 387
... temperature higher than the boiling point . Put Venus back into the evening sky and be content with its scintillating beauty . There is no life there - as we know it . Let us hurry on to Jupiter , the largest planet of all . Before we ...
... temperature higher than the boiling point . Put Venus back into the evening sky and be content with its scintillating beauty . There is no life there - as we know it . Let us hurry on to Jupiter , the largest planet of all . Before we ...
Contents
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS | 48 |
Astrolabes Photographs of 159 160 | 159 |
e Orbit of 464 | 178 |
8 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
American angle appear asteroid astrolabe Astronomical Society atmosphere atomic average bright brighter California Cepheids cloud color comets crater curves determined diameter distance earth eclipse enstatite Ephemeris fireball galactic galaxy globular clusters Harvard Harvard College Observatory heliometer indicated instrument interest July June Jupiter latitude Lick Observatory light lunar magnitude Mars mass maximum mean measured meridian Messier meteor meteorites Meteoritical Society method miles Milky mirror month moon motion nebulae Notes novae object observations Observatory OCCULTATIONS VISIBLE October Open cluster optical orbit origin Palomar Palomar Observatories paper parallax particles period photographic planetary planetary nebulae planets plates POPULAR ASTRONOMY present probably published radiation radio relative rocket rotation Russell Santa Rosa Saturn scientific solar system space spectra spectrum stellar Struve Sunspot Table telescope temperature theory tion University Uranus Variable Star velocity Venus Yerkes Observatory