Astronomy

Andrew Fraknoi, David Morrison, Sidney C. Wolff

• Publisher: Openstax
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781711470573
• eBook ISBN: 9781947172241

Table of contents

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Science and the Universe: A Brief Tour
• Chapter 2. Observing the Sky: The Birth of Astronomy
• Chapter 3. Orbits and Gravity
• Chapter 4. Earth, Moon, and Sky
• Chapter 5. Radiation and Spectra
• Chapter 6. Astronomical Instruments
• Chapter 7. Other Worlds: An Introduction to the Solar System
• Chapter 8. Earth as a Planet
• Chapter 9. Cratered Worlds
• Chapter 10. Earthlike Planets: Venus and Mars
• Chapter 11. The Giant Planets
• Chapter 12. Rings, Moons, and Pluto
• Chapter 13. Comets and Asteroids: Debris of the Solar System
• Chapter 14. Cosmic Samples and the Origin of the Solar System
• Chapter 15. The Sun: A Garden-Variety Star
• Chapter 16. The Sun: A Nuclear Powerhouse
• Chapter 17. Analyzing Starlight
• Chapter 18. The Stars: A Celestial Census
• Chapter 19. Celestial Distances
• Chapter 20. Between the Stars: Gas and Dust in Space
• Chapter 21. The Birth of Stars and the Discovery of Planets outside the Solar System
• Chapter 22. Stars from Adolescence to Old Age
• Chapter 23. The Death of Stars
• Chapter 24. Black Holes and Curved Spacetime
• Chapter 25. The Milky Way Galaxy
• Chapter 26. Galaxies
• Chapter 27. Active Galaxies, Quasars, and Supermassive Black Holes
• Chapter 28. The Evolution and Distribution of Galaxies
• Chapter 29. The Big Bang
• Chapter 30. Life in the Universe
• Appendix A. How to Study for an Introductory Astronomy Class*
• Appendix B. Astronomy Websites, Images, and Apps*
• Appendix C. Scientific Notation*
• Appendix D. Units Used in Science*
• Appendix E. Some Useful Constants for Astronomy*
• Appendix F. Physical and Orbital Data for the Planets*
• Appendix G. Selected Moons of the Planets*
• Appendix H. Future Total Eclipses*
• Appendix I. The Nearest Stars, Brown Dwarfs, and White Dwarfs*
• Appendix J. The Brightest Twenty Stars*
• Appendix K. The Chemical Elements*
• Appendix L. The Constellations*
• Appendix M. Star Chart and Sky Event Resources*
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