Introductory astronomy & astrophysics
Michael Zeilik (Author), Stephen A. Gregory (Author)
This advanced undergraduate text provides broad coverage of astronomy and astrophyscis with a strong emphasis on physics. It has an algebra and trigonometry prerequisite, but calculus is preferred
Print Book, English, ©1998
Fourth edition View all formats and editions
Saunders College Pub., Fort Worth, ©1998
Educational tools (form)
1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 26 cm.
9780030062285, 0030062284
38157539
Preface
Part P. Prelude
P1. Orbits in the solar system
P2. Orbits outside of the solar system
P3. Special relativity
P4. Particles and forces
P5. Stars
P6. Radiation processes
P7. Cosmology
Part I. The solar system
1. Celestial mechanics and the solar system
2. The solar system in perspective
3. The dynamics of the earth
4. The earth-moon system
5. The terrestrial planets: Mercury, Venus, and Mars
6. The Jovian planets and Pluto
7. Small bodies and the origin of the solar system
Part II. The stars
8. Electromagnetic radiation and matter
9. Telescopes and detectors
10. The sun: A model star
11. Stars: Distances and magnitudes
12. Stars: Binary systems
13. Stars: The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
Part III. The Milky Way Galaxy
14. Our galaxy: A preview
15. The interstellar medium and star birth
16. The evolution of stars
17. Star deaths
18. Variable and violent stars
19. Galactic rotation: Stellar motions
20. The evolution of our galaxy
Part IV. The universe
21. Galaxies beyond the Milky Way
22. Hubble's law and the distance scale
23. Large-scale structure in the universe
24. Active galaxies and quasars
25. Cosmology: The big bang and beyond
26. The new cosmology
Comet update
Appendices:
1. The Messier catalog
2. Constellations
3. Solar system data
4. Stellar data
5. Atomic elements
6. Conversion of units
7. Constants and units
8. The Greek alphabet
9. Mathematical operations
10. The celestial sphere
Glossary
Index