The Moon that Wasn't The Saga of Venus' Spurious Satellite

The Moon that Wasn't The Saga of Venus' Spurious Satellite / by Helge Kragh.

This book details the history of one of astronomy’s many spurious objects, the satellite of Venus. First spotted in 1645, the non-existing moon was observed more than a dozen times until the late eighteenth century. Although few astronomers believed in the existence of the moon after about 1770, it...

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Main Author: Kragh, Helge (Author)
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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Science Networks. Historical Studies, 37
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Physics.
Astronomy.
Astrophysics.
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