Astronomical Resources. the Solar System: an Introductory Bibliography. INSTITUTION Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA

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AUTHOR Fraknoi, Andrew TITLE Astronomical Resources. The Solar System: An Introductory Bibliography. INSTITUTION Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA. PUB DATE 88 NOTE 5p.; Photographs may not reproduce well. PUB TYPE Reference Materials - Bibliographies (131)

EDRS PRICE MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Astronomy; *Earth Science; *Physical Sciences; Physics; Science Education; Scientific Research; *Space Exploration; apace Sciences IDENTIFIERS Planets; *Solar System

ABSTRACT This reference surveys resources of astronomical information including books and articles about the solar system, Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors. Also included is a list of seven available slide sets about the solar system. (CW)

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TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." General Books on the Solar System as a Whole © Copyright 1988, Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Reprinted fromMercury magazine. This bibliography is one of a series of educational resources being made Beatty,J.,etal.,eds.The New Solar available by the nonprofit Astronomical Society of 0.1 Pacific. Fora complete System,2nd ed. 1982, Sky Publishing & catalog and membership information, please send two first class stamps to: A.S.P., Cambridge U. Press. A slightly technical Catalog Requests Dept., 3.90 li,s6Ave., San Francisco, CA 94112 series of review articles by noted scientists. Briggs, G. & Taylor, F. TheCambridge Photographic Atlas of the Planets,2nd ed. 1986, Cambridge U. Press. Has many high-quality photographs. Jan. 1985, p. 19. Donne,J. & Burgess,E.The Voyage Chapman, C.Planets of Rock and Ice. Esposito, L. "The Changing Shape of Plan- 1982, Scribners. A readable introduction of Mariner 10: Mission to Venus and Mer- etary Rings" inAstronomy, Sep.1987, cury. to the inner planets. 1978, NASA Special Publication p. 6. #424, U.S. Gov't Printing Office. Sum- Elliot,J. & Kerr, R.Rings.1984, MIT Hartmann, W. "Cratering inthe Solar Press. Guide to our discovery and current maryoftheMariner missionand System"inScientific American,Jan. discoveries. knowledge of rings around the outer 1977. planets. Murray,B. & Burgess,E.Flightto Millman, P. "Names on Other Worlds" Mercury.1977, Columbia U. Press. Frazier, K.The Solar System.1985, Time- inSky & Telescope,Jan. 1984, p. 23. Life Books. A colorful survey by a science Strom, R.Mercury: The Elusive Planet. Young, A. "What Color is the Solar Sys- 1987, Smithsonian Inst. Press. journalist. tem?"in Sky & Telescope,May 1985, Miller, R. & Hartmann, W.The Grand p. 399. Tour: A Traveler's Guide to the Solar Articles About Mercury System.1981, Workmah. Illustrated with Books About Mercury excellent photos and paintings. Beatty, J. "Mariner 10's Second Look at Moore, P. & Hunt, G.Atlas of the Solar Mercury" inSky & Telescope,Nov. 1974, Cross, C. & Moore, P.The Atlas of p. 307. System.1983, Rand McNally. Large il- Mercury.1977, Crown. lustrated atlas; a nice reference book. Burgess,E."The Planet Mercury"in Davies, M et al, eds.Atlas of Mercury. Astronomy,Dec. 1975, p. 20. Preiss, B., ed.The Planets.1985, Bantam. 1978, NASA Special Publication # 423. Includessciencearticlesbynoted Cordell, B. "Mercury: The World Closest astronomers and science fiction stories to the Sun"in Mercury,Sep/Oct. 1984, based on reasonable science. p. 136. Sagan, C.Cosmos.1980, Random House. Hartmann, W. "The Significance of the There are several good chapters on planets Planet Mercury" inSky & Telescope,May inthiseloquentintroductionto 1976, p. 307. Murray, B. "Mercury"in Scientific Amer- astronomy. ican,May 1976. Srnolouchowski, R.The Solar System.19.83, Scientific American Library. A concise Weaver,K."MarinerUnveilsMercury primer. anc: Venus"in National Geographic,June 1975. Whipple, F.Orbiting the Sun.1981, Harvard U. Press. The most recent edition of a classic introductory book. Books About Venus

General Articles About the Burgess, E.Venus: An Errant Twin.1985, Columbia U. Press. A summary of U.S. Solar System as a Whole and Soviet Venus exploration and results. Donne, J. & BUrgess, E.The Voyage of Beatty, J. "Planetary Satellites: An Update" Mariner 10: Mission to Venus and Mer- inSky & Telescope,Nov. 1983, p. 405. cury.1978, NASA Special Publication Ciaccio, E. "Atmospheres" inAstronomy, #424, U.S. Gov't Printing Office. Sum- May 1984, p. 6. maryoftheMariner missionand Cures,J. "Ringed Planets: Still Mysterious" Photomosaic of Mercury. (NASA discoveries. in Sky & Telescope, Dec.1984, p. 511; photograph) Fimmel, R.,etal.Pioneer Venus.1982,

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Carden, B."Mars, Earth and Ice"in Sky & Telescope, Ju!, 1986, p. 17. Hartmann, W. "The Early History of the PlanetEarth"inAstronomy,Aug. 1978, p. 6. Jacchia,L."The Earth's Upper Atmo- sphere"inSky &Telescope,Mar. 1975, p.155; Apr. 1975, p. 229; May 1975, p. 294. Maslowski,A."GeologyfromSpace" in Astronomy, Nov. 1983, p. 7. Overbye, D. "The Shape of Tomorrow: Predicting ContinentalDrift"in Discover, Nov. 1982, p. 20. Wahr,J."The Earth'sInconstantRo- tation"inSky & TelescopeJune Venus. (NASA photograph) 1986, p. 545. Wong, C."Watchingthe Earth Move NASA Special Publication #461, U.S. from Space" in Sky & Telescope, Mar. Gov't Printing Office. Summary of the 1978, p. 198. Pioneer mission and discoveries. Hunt, G. & Moore, P. The Planet Venus. Moon. (Mr. Wilsonphotograph) 1982, Faber & Faber. An illustrated in- Articles About the Moon troduction. Beatty, J. "The Making of a Better Moon" Articles About Venus in Sky & Telescope, Dec. 1986, p.558. Brownlee, S. "A Whacky Theory of the SpaceOdyssey" .1 Beatty,J."A Soviet I Moon's Birth" in Discover, Mar 1985, in Sky & Telescope, Oct. 1985, p. 310. p. 65. About the VEGA missions. Burgess, E. "The New Moon: Scientific Beatty,J. "A Radar Tour of Venus" in Results of 18 Years of Lunar Expioration" Sky & Telescope, June 1985, p. 507. On .;-- in Mercury, Nov./Dec. 1977, p. 10. the Venera 15 Ind 16 missions. (Also: Feb. Cadogan,P. "The Moon's Origin"in 1984, p. 110.) Mercury, Mar./Apr. 1983, p. 34. Chapman, C. "The Vapors of Venus and Chaikin, A. "A Guided Tour. of the Moon" Other Gassy Envelopes"inMercury, in Sky & Telescope Sep. 1984, p. 211. An Sep/Oct 1983, p. 130. observing guide for beginners. Cordell,B."Venus"inAstronomy, French, B. "What's New On the Moon" Sep. 1982, p. 6. in Sky & Telescope, Mar. 1977, p. 164 and James, W. "Venus Radar Mapping Mission" Apr. 1977, p. 257. in Astronomy, Apr. 1983, p. 16. Hartmann, W. " The Moon's Early History" Mims, S. "Revealing the Venusian Secrets" in Astronomy, Sep. 1976, p. 6. in Astronomy, Jul 1982, p. 66. On the McConnell, D. "Basic Lunar Astrophoto- Venera 13 and 14 results. graphy" in Astronomy, Dec. 1985, p. 69. Nozette, S. & Ford, P. "A World Revealed: Register, B. "The Fate of the Moon Rocks" Venus By Radar'' in Astronomy, Mar. Earth from space. (NASA photograph) in Astronomy, Dec. 1985, p. 15. 1981, p. 6. Rubin, A. "Whence Came the Moon" in Pettengill,G.,etal."The Surface of Books About the Moon Sky & Telescope, Nov. 1984, p. 389. Venus" in Scientific American, Aug. 1980. Spain, D. "A Lunar Sampler" in Astron- Prinn, R. "The Volcanos and Clouds of Cadogan, P. The Moon: Our Sister Planet. omy, Feb. 1984, p. 35. A primer for obser- Venus" in Scientific American, Mar. 1985. 1981, Cambridge U. Press. A slightly ving the Moon. Schubert, G. & Covey, C. "The Atmosphere technical but clear introductory text. Weaver, K. "First Explorers on the Moon" of Venus" in Scientific American, July Cooper, H. Apollo on the Moon and Moon in National Geographic, Dec. 1969. 1981. Rocks. 1970, Dial. Accounts of the Apollo Wood, J. "The Moon" in Scientific Ameri- Weaver, K. "Mariner Unveils Venus and 11 mission and the materialit brought can, Sep. 1975. Mercury" in National Geographic, June back from the lunar surface; written by a 1975. science journalist. Books About Mars Cherrington,E.Exploringthe Moon A Few Books About Earth Through Binoculars and Small Telescopes. Burgess,E.To the Red Planet. 1978 1984, Dover. An observing guide. Columbia U. Press. Calder, N. The Restless Earth. 1972, Viking French, B. The Moon Book. 1977, Penguin. Carr, M. The Surface of Mars. 1981, Yale U. Press. A basic primer. Press. A slightly technical introduction by Carr, M. & Greeley, R. Volcanic Features Lewis, R.The Voyages of Apollo: The the leader of the Viking Orbiter Imaging of Hawaii: A Basis for Comparison with Exploration of the Moon.1975, team. Mars. 1980, NASA Special Publication Quadrangle. A science journalist'sac- Cooper, H. The Search for Life on Mars. 403, U.S. Gov't Printing Office. count. 1980, Holt, Reinhart & Winston. Cattermole, P. & Moore, P. The Story of Moore, P. The Moon. 1980, Rand McNally. Ezell, E. & L. On Mars: Exploration of the the Earth. 1985, Cambridge U. Press. A reference atlas. Red Planet1958-1978. 1984, NASA Sheffield, C. Earth Watch: A Survey of Moore,P. New Guide tothe Moon. Special Publication #4212, U.S. Govern- the World from Space. 1981, Macmillan. 1976, Norton. A basic book for beginners. ment Printing Office. Mainly a history of the Viking project. 3 Horowitz, N. To Utopia and Back. 1986, Yeates, C., et al. Galileo: Exploration of Books About Saturn Freeman. On the search for life on Mars Jupiter's System.1985, NASA Special with the Viking instruments. Publication #479, U.S. Gov't Printing Of- Alexander, A. The Planet Saturn: A History Washburn, M. Mars AtLast. 1977, fice. of Observations, Theory and Discovery. Putnam's. 1962, Faber and Faber. Reprinted by Dover. Articles About Mars Batson, R., et al. Voyager 1 and 2 Atlas of Six SaturnianSatellites.NASA Special Arvidson, R., et al. "The Surface of Mars" Publication #474, U.S. Gov't Printing Of- in Scientific American Mar. 1978. fice. Beatty,J."VikingsRestDuring Mars' Hunt, G. & Moore,P.Saturn.1982, Conjunction" in Sky & Telescope, Dec. Rand McNally. A reference guide. ,...... 1976, p. 404. (Throughout the year 1976, Morrison, D. 1982, .., Voyages toSaturn. Sky & Telescope had good coverage of the NASA Special Publication #451, U.S. Viking Lander and orbiter results.) Gov't Printing Office. Beatty, J. "The Amazing Olympus Mons" Washbum, M. Distant Encounters. 1983. in Sky & Telescope, Nov. 1982, p. 420. Harcourt, Brace, Jovannovich. Carr, M. "The Surface of Mars: A Post- Viking View" in Mercury, Jan/Feb 1983, Articles About Saturn, its Satellites, p. 2 and its Rings Carroll, M. "The Changing Face of Mars" in Astronomy, Mar. 1987, p. 6. Beatty, J. "Reports on the Voyager Encoun- Cordell, B. "Mars, Earth, and Ice"in ters with Saturn" in Sky & Telescope, Sky & Telescope, Jul. 1986, p. 17. Jan., Oct., and Nov. 1981. Gore, R. "Sifting for Life in the Sands of Berry, R. & Burnham, R. "Voyager 2 at Mars" in National Geographic, Jan. 1977. Saturn" in Astronomy, Nov. 1981, p. 6. Haeberle, R. "The Climate of Mars" in Burnham, R. "The Saturnian Satellites" Scientific America, May 1986. in Astronomy, Dec. 1981, p. 6. Hartmann, W. "Viking on Mars: Exciting Jupiter andthreesatellites.(NASA Gore, R. "Saturn: Riddle of the Rings" Results" in Astronomy, Jan. 1977, p. 6. photograph) Leavy, C. "The Atmosphere of Mars" in National Geographic, July 1981. Ingersoll,A."Jupiterand Saturn"in in Scientific American, Jul. 1977. Scientific? American, Dec. 1981. Veverka, J., et al. "The Puzzling Moons of Mars" in Sky & Telescope, Sep. 1978, p. 186. Articles About Jupiter and Its Satellites

Beatty,J."TheFarOutWorlds of Voyager 1" in Sky & Telescope,May 1979, p. 423; updates: June 1979, p. 516 and Sept. 1979, p. 206. Bennett,G."ReturntoJupiter"in Astronomy, Jan. 1987, p. 6. Carroll, M. "Project Galileo: The Phoenix Rises" in Sky & Telescope, Apr. 1987, p. 359. (About a planned mission to Jupiter.) Elliott,J. & Kerr,R. "How Jupiter's Ring Was Discovered"inMercury, Ncy/Dec. 1985, p. 162. Gore,R."Voyager ViewsJupiter"in National Geographic, Jan. 1980. Saturn and satellites. (NASA photograph) Hartmann, W. "The View from lo" in Astronomy, May 1981, p. 17. Morrison, D. "The New Saturn System" in Ingersoll,A."JupiterandSaturn"in Mercury, Nov./Dec. 1981, p. 162. Scientific American, Dec. 1981. Overbye, D. "Lord of theicings"in Johnson, T. & Soderblom.L. "lo" in Discover, Jan. 1981, p. 24. Scientific American, Dec. 1983. Owen, T. "Titan" in Scientific American, Kaufmann, W. "Jupiter:Lord of the Feb. 1982. Photomosaic of Mars. (NASA photograph) Planets" in Mercury, Nov/Dec. 1984, p. Robertson, D. "Cassini"in Astronomy, 169. Sep. 1987, p. 20. On a proposed return Morrison, D. "Four New Worlds: The mission to the Saturn system. VoyagerExplorationofJupiter's Soderblom, L. & Johnson, T. "The Moons Satellites" in Mercury,May/June 1980, of Saturn" in Scientific American, Jan. Books About Jupiter p. 53. 1982. Morrison, D. "Four New Worlds" in Astron- Burgess, E. By Jupiter.1982, Columbia omy, Sep. 1980, p. 6. Books About Uranus U. Press. Hunt, G. & Moore, P. Jupiter. 1981, Rand Morrison, D. "An Enigma Called lo" McNally. A reference guide. in Sky & Telescope, Mar. 1985, p. 198. Alexander, A. The Planet Uranus: A History Morrison, D. & Sarnz, J. Voyage to Jupiter. Simon, S. "The View from Europa" in of Observation, Theory and Discovery. 1980, NASA Special Publication #439, Astronomy, Nov. 1986, p. 98. 1965, Faber & Faber. U.S. Gov't Printing Office. Soderblom, L. "The Galilean Moons of Davis, J. Flyby: The Interplanetary Odyssey Washburn, M. Distant Encounters.1983. Jupiter"inScientific American, Jan. of Voyager 2. 1987, Atheneum. Mainly Harcourt, Brace, Jovannovich. 1980. about the Uranus system flyby in 1986.

4 Books About Pluto Articles About Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors Hoyt, W. Planets X andPluto. 1980, U. of Arizona Press. Adams, M. "Observing Fallen Stars" in Tombaugh, C. & Moore, P.Out of the Dark- Mercury, Mar/Apr.1980,p.31. On ness: The Planet Pluto.1980, Stackpole meteorites. Books. Berry,R. "Search for the Primitive" in Astronomy, June 1987, p. 6. A good summary of what we have learned from Halley Articles About Pluto and other comets. Berry, R. & Talcott, R. "What Have We Beatty, J. "Pluto and Charon: The Dance LearnedfromHalley'sComet?"in Goes On" in Sky & Telescope, Sep. 1987, Astronomy, Sep. 1986, p. 6. p. 248. Elmegreen, D. "Comets: Key to Our Solar Croswell, K. "Pluto: The Enigma at the System" in Astronomy, Mar. 1985, p. 6. Edge of the So'lr System" in Astronomy, Gunter,J."Asteroidsand Amateur July 1986, p.v. Eicher, D. "How to Hunt Down Pluto" in Astronomers" iii Mercury, Jan/Feb. 1985, Astronomy, Apr. 1984, p. 35. P. 9. Hartmann, W. "Vesta: A World of its Own" Harrington, R. & B. "The Discovery of in Astronomy, Feb. 1983, p. 6. Pluto's Moon" inMercury, Jan/Feb Helin, E. "The Discovery of an Unusual 1979, P. 1. Apollo Asteroid" in Mercury, Sep/Oct. Moore, P. "The Naming of Pluto"in 1981, p. 134. Sky & Telescope, Nov. 1984, p. 400. Morris, C. "The Eye's View of Halley's Mulholland, D. "The Ice Planet" in Science Comet" in Astronomy, Jan. 1987, p. 90. Crescent Uranus. (NASA photograph) 82, Dec. 1982, p. 64. Tombaugh, C. "The Discovery of Pluto" in Morrison,D."The VEGA Flyby and Halley's Comet:First Person Account" Mercury, May/June 1986,p.66 and Articles About Uranus, its Satellites, and Jul/Aug 1986, p. 98. (The full story by the in Mercury, JuVAug. 1986, p. 114. its Rings discoverer.) Rao, J. "Comet Swift-Tuttle and the Perseids [Meteor Shower)" in Astronomy, Aug. IN= 1983, p. 16. Beatty,J."Voyager2'sTriumph"in Wagner, J. "The Sources of Meteorites" in Sky & Telescope Oct.1986,p. 337 Astronomy, Feb. 1984, p. 6. Background and anecdotes about the en- Whipple, F. "Flying Sandbanks versus Dirty counter. Snowballs: The Nature of Comets" in Beatty, J. "A Place Called Uranus" in Mercury, Jan/Feb. 1986, p. 2. Sky & Telescope Apr. 1986, p. 333. Berry, R. "Uranus: The Voyage Continues" (The March 1987 issue of Sky & Telescope in Astronomy, Apr.1986,p.6 and was devoted to a fine series of articles on what "Voyager:DiscoveryatUranus"in we learned from Halley's Come:.) Astronomy, May 1986, p. 6. Chaikin, A."Voyager Among theIce Worlds" in Sky & Telescope, Apr. 1986, p. 343. Slide Sets About the Solar System Croswell, K. "Uranus on the Eve of the from the Encounter" in Astronomy, Sep. 1985, p. Astronomical Society of the Pacific 6. A detailed introduction, pre-Voyager. Eberhart, J. "Looking Back at Uranus" in Mars KitSix of the best views of Mars, Science News, vol. 130, p. 4 (July 5, 1986). with captions, background material, and a Elliot, J. "Uranus: The View from Earth" Pluto (arrow). (Hale Observatories photo- reading list. in Sky & Telescope, Nov. 1985. Sum- graph) Halley's Comet Revealed17 views from the marizes our understanding, pre-Voyager. recent pass of Comet Halley, taken from Kerr, R. "Voyager Finds Uranian Shepherds Books About Asteroids, Earth and space; with captions and a sum- and a Well Behaved Flock of Rings" in Comets and Meteors mary of Halley discoveries; by Dr. John Science, vol. 231, p. 791 (Feb 21, 1986.) Brandt (U. of Colorado). Portraits of the Solar System20 full-color O'Meara, S. "A Visual History of Uranus" Chapman, R. & Brandt,J.The Comet in Sky & Telescope, Nov. 1985, p. 411. paintingsbyastronomer/artistDr. Book. 1984, Jones & Bartlett. A basic in- William Hartmann, showing scenes of Overbye, D. "Voyager Was on Target troduction to the science of comets by two other worlds not available as photographs. Again" in Discover, Apr. 1986, p. 70. experts. Waldrop, M. "Voyage to a Blue Planet" in The Solar System Close-upThreesets, Dodd, R. Thunderstones and Shooting Stars: Science, vol. 231, p. 916 (Feb. 28, 1986). consisting of 130 slides in total, showing The Meaning of Meteorites. 1986, Har- the best spacecraft views of the planets and vard U. Press. Book About Neptune satellites; selection and detailed captions Goldsmith, D. Nemesis: The Death Star (and by Dr. David Morrison (U. of Hawaii) Other Theories of Mass Extinctions). Venus KitSix of the best views of Venus, Grosser, M. The Discovery of Neptune. 1985, Walker. Good skeptical book. 1962. Harvard U. Press. with captions, background material, and a Hutchinson, R. The Search for Our Begin- reading list. nings. 1983,OxfordU.Press.On Voyager at Uranus15 slides plus a detailed meteorites. Articles About Neptune booklet of captions and background infor- Mark, K. Meteorite Craters.1987, U. of mation. Arizona Press. Kolhase, C. "On Course for Neptune" in Worlds in Comparison20 slides comparing Astronomy, Nov. 1986, p. 6. Whipple, F. The Mystery of Comets. 1985, worlds or features in different parts of the Chaikin, A. "New Light on Cold Worlds" Smithsonian Institution Press. Personal solar system; comes with captions, ac- in Sky & Telescope, July 1983, p. 23. account of comet research by its best- tivities and a reading list. U known practitioner.