Description
Solution Manual for 21st Century Astronomy: The Solar System 6th Edition by Laura Kay, Stacy Palen, George Blumenthal, ISBN: 9780393691283
We learn best by doing.
Informed by astronomy education research, the Sixth Edition reflects an emphasis on learning by doing. This emphasis is reinforced through thoughtful pedagogy and an innovative teaching and learning package. Students get to interact with astronomy while instructors receive the resources they need to incorporate active learning into the classroom.
Table of Content
Chapter 1 Thinking Like an Astronomer
Chapter 2 Patters in the Sky—Motions of the Earth and the Moon
Chapter 3 Motion of Astronomical Bodies
Chapter 4 Gravity and Orbits
Chapter 5 Light
Chapter 6 The Tools of the Astronomer
Chapter 7 The Formation of Planetary Systems
Chapter 8 The Terrestrial Planets and Earth’s Moon
Chapter 9 Atmospheres of the Terrestrial Planets
Chapter 10 Worlds of Gas and Liquid—The Giant Planets
Chapter 11 Planetary Moons and Rings
Chapter 12 Dwarf Planets and Small Solar System Bodies
Chapter 13 Taking the Measure of Stars
Chapter 14 Our Star—The Sun
Chapter 24 Life
