The Solar System - Its Motions

Traces the theories of movement of celestial objects from Ptolemy, Copernicus, Brahe and Kepler to Isaac Netwon. Examines the patterns of motion of the planets, sun, moons, asteroids, meteroids and comets to show that they move under the influence of gravitation and inertia.

More in Astronomy Series

  1. Dimension - The Universe
  2. Stars 1967
  3. The Sun 1967
  4. The Solar System - Its Motions 1968
  5. The Solar System...Its Motions 1968
  6. The Solar System - Measuring Its Dimensions 1970
  7. The Galaxies 1971
  8. The Stars 1971
  9. The Sun 1971

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