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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Asphaug, Erik, author.     Subjects     Planetary science.     Life on other planets.     Astronomy -- Popular works.     Planets -- Origin.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Asphaug, Erik, author.       by title:      When the Earth had t...         MARC Display

When the Earth had two moons : cannibal planets, icy giants, dirty comets, dreadful orbits, and the origins of the night sky / Erik Asphaug. by Asphaug, Erik, author. New York, NY : Custom House, [2019] Subjects Planetary science.   Life on other planets.   Astronomy -- Popular works.   Planets -- Origin. ISBN:  9780062657923 (hardcover) : 0062657925 (hardcover) Description:  xii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Ruined structures -- Rocks in a stream -- Systems inside systems -- Strange places and small things -- Pebbles and giant impacts -- The last ones standing -- A billion earths. Requests:  0 Summary:  An astonishing exploration of planet formation and the origins of life by one of the world's most innovative planetary geologists. In 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 3 took the first photos of the far side of the moon. Even in their poor resolution, the images stunned scientists: the far side is an enormous mountainous expanse, not the vast lava-plains seen from Earth. Subsequent missions have confirmed this in much greater detail. How could this be, and what might it tell us about our own place in the universe? As it turns out, quite a lot. Fourteen billion years ago, the universe exploded into being, creating galaxies and stars. Planets formed out of the leftover dust and gas that coalesced into larger and larger bodies orbiting around each star. In a sort of heavenly survival of the fittest, planetary bodies smashed into each other until solar systems emerged. Curiously, instead of being relatively similar in terms of composition, the planets in our solar system, and the comets, asteroids, satellites and rings, are bewitchingly distinct. So, too, the halves of our moon. In When the Earth Had Two Moons, esteemed planetary geologist Erik Asphaug takes us on an exhilarating tour through the farthest reaches of time and our galaxy to find out why. Beautifully written and provocatively argued, When the Earth Had Two Moons is not only a mind-blowing astronomical tour but a profound inquiry into the nature of life here -- and billions of miles from home.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 523.4 As Checked In Add Copy to MyList McCully-Moiliili Public Library Adult Nonfiction 523.4 As Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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