Synopses & Reviews
Arny: Explorations-An Introduction to Astronomy, 5th edition, is built on the foundation of its well-known writing style, accuracy, and emphasis on current information. This new edition continues to offer the most complete technology/new media support package available. That technology/new media package includes: 23 Interactives (located on the text ARIS Presentation center); ARIS website (that allows instructors to take their course to the web if they choose); and Starry Night Planetarium Software (packaged free with each new text). Available in Volumes: Volume 1 contains the Solar System (
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – History of Astronomy
Chapter 2 – GravityandMotion
Chapter 3 – LightandAtoms
Chapter 4 – Telescopes
Chapter 5 – The Earth
Chapter 6 - The Moon
Chapter 7 – Survey of the Solar System
Chapter 8 – The Terrestrial Planets
Chapter 9 – The Outer Planets
Chapter 10 – Meteors, Asteroids, and Comets
Chapter 11 – The Sun, Our Star
Appendices Listing:
Powers-of-Ten Notation
Some Useful Formulas
Solving Distance, Velocity, Time (D, V, t) Problems
Table 1 - Physical and Astronomical Constants
Table 2 - Conversion Between American and Metric Units
Table 3 - Physical Properties of Planets
Table 4 - Orbital Properties of Planets
Table 5 - Satellites of the Solar System
Table 6 - Properties of Dwarf Planets
Table 7 - Meteor Showers
Table 8 - The constellations
Table 9 - The Brightest Stars
Table 10 - The Nearest Stars
Table 11 - Properties of Main-Sequence
Table 12 - Known and Suspected Members of the Local Group of Galaxies
Table 13 - The Brighter Galaxies Beyond the Local Group
Table 14 - Periodic Table of Elements