, 21ST CENTURY ASTRONOMY 4TH EDITION BY
LAURA KAY, STACEY PALEN, GEORGE
BLUMENTHAL
Contents
Assessment Guidelines Based on the Science of Learning vii
Chapter 1 Why Learn Astronomy? 1
Chapter 2 Patterns in the Sky—Motions of Earth 15
Chapter 3 Motion of Astronomical Bodies 29
Chapter 4 Gravity and Orbits 44
Chapter 5 Light 59
Chapter 6 The Tools of the Astronomer 74
Chapter 7 The Birth and Evolution of Planetary Systems 88
Chapter 8 The Terrestrial Planets and Earth’s Moon 103
Chapter 9 Atmospheres of the Terrestrial Planets 120 Chapter
10 Worlds of Gas and Liquid—The Giant Planets 135 Chapter 11
Planetary Adornments—Moons and Rings 150 Chapter 12 Dwarf
Planets and Small Solar System Bodies 164 Chapter 13 Taking
the Measure of Stars 178
Chapter 14 Our Star—The Sun 191
,Chapter 15 Star Formation and the Interstellar Medium 204
Chapter 16 Evolution of Low-Mass Stars 217
, Chapter 17 Evolution of High-Mass Stars 231
Chapter 18 Relativity and Black Holes 245
Chapter 19 The Expanding Universe 261
Chapter 20 Galaxies 275
Chapter 21 The Milky Way—A Normal Spiral Galaxy 289 Chapter
22 Modern Cosmology 305
Chapter 23 Large-Scale Structure in the Universe 319
Chapter 24 Life 331
LAURA KAY, STACEY PALEN, GEORGE
BLUMENTHAL
Contents
Assessment Guidelines Based on the Science of Learning vii
Chapter 1 Why Learn Astronomy? 1
Chapter 2 Patterns in the Sky—Motions of Earth 15
Chapter 3 Motion of Astronomical Bodies 29
Chapter 4 Gravity and Orbits 44
Chapter 5 Light 59
Chapter 6 The Tools of the Astronomer 74
Chapter 7 The Birth and Evolution of Planetary Systems 88
Chapter 8 The Terrestrial Planets and Earth’s Moon 103
Chapter 9 Atmospheres of the Terrestrial Planets 120 Chapter
10 Worlds of Gas and Liquid—The Giant Planets 135 Chapter 11
Planetary Adornments—Moons and Rings 150 Chapter 12 Dwarf
Planets and Small Solar System Bodies 164 Chapter 13 Taking
the Measure of Stars 178
Chapter 14 Our Star—The Sun 191
,Chapter 15 Star Formation and the Interstellar Medium 204
Chapter 16 Evolution of Low-Mass Stars 217
, Chapter 17 Evolution of High-Mass Stars 231
Chapter 18 Relativity and Black Holes 245
Chapter 19 The Expanding Universe 261
Chapter 20 Galaxies 275
Chapter 21 The Milky Way—A Normal Spiral Galaxy 289 Chapter
22 Modern Cosmology 305
Chapter 23 Large-Scale Structure in the Universe 319
Chapter 24 Life 331
