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Summary
Summary
Hurricanes so enormous that the earth itself could be lost in one; a volcano larger than the state of Missouri and higher than Everest; a planet with a billion moons; a planet that rotates on its side; worlds made of solid ice; a world where it rains gasoline. These are not inventions of fantasy or science fiction, but are places that really exist-in our own solar system.
Now with 190,000 copies in print, here is a spectacular Grand Tour of the solar system featuring a unique blend of science and art-photographs along with dazzling full-color paintings, drawings, and maps based on years of astronomer William Hartmann's research, personal observation, and interviews with colleagues.
In text and diagrams, too, The Grand Tour explains how the strange and uncanny worlds on the journeys came to be, and what it would be like to actually set foot upon them today. The book includes an atlas of the planets and their satellites, and of the Earth's moon.
Complete with a selection of previously unpublished photographs taken by the Apollo astronauts, and by the Mariner, Viking, and Pioneer planetary probes, The Grand Tour is unique and breathtaking, majestic and eerie, and wonderful, taking the reader to more, and to the beyond. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club , Quality Paperback Book Club , and Newbridge Book Club .
Author Notes
Ron Miller has worked as a freelance writer and illustrator for more than 30 years. He has written short stories, nonfiction works, novels, and created a comic book. His illustrations have appeared in magazines such as Astronomy and Scientific American. He has also worked on motion pictures and created postage stamps.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Table of Contents
Introducing the Territory | |
Part I The Fifteen Largest Worlds | |
Jupiter: Planet of the Gods | |
Saturn: Lord of the Rings | |
Uranus: A Sideways World | |
Neptune: The Last Giant | |
Earth: The Planet of Life | |
Venus: The Veiled Inferno | |
Mars: The Rusted Planet | |
Ganymede: A New Wrinkle | |
Titan: The Masked Moon | |
Mercury: Child of the Sun | |
Callisto: The Battered Moon | |
IO: A World Turning Inside Out | |
The Moon: Earth's Companion | |
Europa: An Icy Cue Ball | |
Triton: A World Out of Place | |
Part II Selected Smaller Worlds | |
Pluto and Charon | |
Titania and Oberon | |
Rhea Iapetus | |
Umbriel and Ariel | |
Dione and Tethys | p. 1 |
Ceres Enceldus | p. 4 |
Vesta Miranda Mimas Nereid | p. 624 |
Hektor Amalthea2060 | |
Chiron Janus and Epimetheus | |
Themus Naiad Comet | |
P/Schwassmann-Wachmann I | |
Phobos and Deimos | p. 951 |
Gaspra Halley's Comet | p. 1221 |
Amor and 1862 Apollo | p. 4769 |
Castalia and 4179 Toutatis | p. 1991 |
Appendix | |
Glossary | |
Further Reading | |
Index |