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VanCleave, Janice Pratt.
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Astronomy -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature.
Science projects -- Juvenile literature.
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Janice VanCleave's A+ projects in astronomy : winning experiments for science fairs and extra credit / Janice VanCleave.
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VanCleave, Janice Pratt.
New York : Wiley, c2002.
Subjects
Astronomy -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature.
Science projects -- Juvenile literature.
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley044/2001024708.html
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley036/2001024708.html
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix07/2001024708.html
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0471328162 (acid-free paper)
0471328200 (pbk.)
Description:
viii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Measurements: Apparent diameter -- Angular separation -- Altitude -- Azimuth --Optical instruments: Apertures -- Diffraction -- Sun: Sunspots -- True sun -- Seasons -- Planets: Solar system scale -- Barycenter -- Orbital eccentricity -- Planetary phenomena -- Orbital period -- Spheroids -- Rotation -- Phases of Venus -- Moons: Moon phase -- Eclipses -- Craters, Maria, and Highlands -- Galilean satellites -- Stars: Celestial sphere -- Zodiac band -- Circumpolar -- Star clock -- Star systems -- Apparent magnitude -- Parallax -- Meteors and artificial satellites: Meteors -- Artificial satellites.
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A step-by-step guide that explores thirty different astronomy topics, including the size and rotation of celestial bodies, eclipses and true movements of the sun, the apparent magnitude of the starts, orbital eccentricity, meteors and artificial satellites. Offers dozens of ideas for experiments.
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Kapolei Public Library
YA -- Nonfiction
520.78 Va
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