TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blunck, Jurgen
TI  - Solar system moons:discovery and mythology
SN  - 9783540688525
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Berlin
PB  - Springer
KW  - Satellites
KW  - Science and astronomy
KW  - Social science anthropology
KW  - Solar system
KW  - Physics
N1  - References 137-138p.; Index 139-142p
N2  - Starting from Mars outward this concise handbook provides thorough information on the satellites of the planets in the solar system. Each chapter begins with a section on the discovery and the naming of the planet’s satellites or rings. This is followed by a section presenting the historic sources of those names. The book contains tables with the orbital and physical parameters of all satellites and is illustrated throughout with modern photos of the planets and their moons as well as historical and mythological drawings. The Cyrillic transcriptions of the satellite names are provided in a register.

Readers interested in the history of astronomy and its mythological backgrounds will enjoy this beautiful volume
ER  -