Contemporary Astronomy
- ISBN-10
- 0030578612
- ISBN-13
- 9780030578618
- Series
- Contemporary Astronomy
- Pages
- 545
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Publisher
- Saunders College Pub.
- Author
- Jay M. Pasachoff
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