Screenshot of stargazing app showing a diamond shape made by Jupiter (top), Betelgeuse (right), Sirius (bottom), and Procyon (left). Outline of Gemini (twins) constellation around Jupiter
If it’s clear where you are, go check out Jupiter high in the southeast right now! Lucy might not be in the sky with diamonds but Castor & Pollux sure are 🤩
Haha I wouldn’t put it past them. So cool you’ve visited!!
It did! But it was first MIStranslated as “canals” in English. That’s why above I said canals (not canali) to counter this misconception that is still out there today. 🤓
Lastly, just a reminder you can purchase all these books and more at www.asplibraryproject.com.
Bodies of the solar system specifically are here. 🌝🌍🪐🌞
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Yes, it's not Tuesday anymore but apparently I never hit send on 👆 this yesterday. 😅
And speaking of the day of the week, today is Wednesday as in Mercury (yes they go together), but I'm not at the library today and forgot to take pics yesterday so watch this space for Mercury books next week lol.
The Channels of Mars by Victor R. Baker (1982)
N.B. CHANNELS, NOT CANALS. 😂
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Front cover of MARS and its Satellites: A Detailed Commentary on the Nomenclature, a fully up-to-date reference book on the origin and meaning of Martian surface-feature names by Jürgen Blunck. Red cover with background faint map of Mars and text in white.
Title page of MARS and its Satellites: A Detailed Commentary on the Nomenclature, a fully up-to-date reference book on the origin and meaning of Martian surface-feature names by Jürgen Blunck. Black text on off white paper, circle design of the Greek god Ares seen in profile.
First page of Introduction to MARS and its Satellites: A Detailed Commentary on the Nomenclature, a fully up-to-date reference book on the origin and meaning of Martian surface-feature names by Jürgen Blunck. Black text on off-white paper.
MARS & it's Satellites: A Detailed Commentary on the Nomenclature, A fully up-to-date reference book on the origin and meaning of Martian surface-feature names by Jürgen Blunck (1977, First Ed)
I heart the history and origins of names of and on celestial bodies.
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Front cover of "Return to the Red Planet" by Eric Burgess. Background color is off-white with orange title and author texts. Orange hash marks across the top edge. Center image is a satellite photo of Mars.
Open pages from Return to the Red Planet by Eric Burgess. Left side is white with black text, right side is a schematic of a spaceship and two illustrations of that ship in orbit around Mars (top) and Earth (bottom).
Return to the Red Planet by Eric Burgess (1990, First Edition)
Coffee table sized book - explores Mars in history/philosophy, missions to Mars, what the geology of Mars means, and the possible future of outposts on Mars. 🚀
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Front cover of NASA SP-263: The Mariner 6 and 7 Picture of Mars. Red cloth cover with gilded gold lettering. Circle design is an old version of a NASA logo.
Front cover of NASA SP-441: Viking Orbiter Views of Mars. Green matte boards with white text for title and NASA. Square image of the Martian surface outlined in white.
Front cover of SP-4212: On Mars, Exploration of the Red Planet 1958-1978. Red cover with gilded gold lettering. "ON MARS" in caps and letters are outlined. Remaining title in regular text. Outline drawing of a Mars lander and some scattered Martian rocks.
And speaking of Mars missions...
From the NASA library:
1) The Mariner 6 and 7 Pictures of Mars (SP-263, 1971)
2) Viking Orbiter Views of Mars (SP-441, 1980)
3) On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet 1958-1978 (SP-4212, 1984)
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pssssst @tanyaofmars.bsky.social 😉
Front cover for MARS - The NASA Mission Reports. Red/Orange outline with center black rectangle showing photos of the two sides of Mars and line drawings of the planet in the background. Yellow "star" advertises that book comes with a CD-ROM of videos.
Back cover for MARS - The NASA Mission Reports. Red/Orange outline around black rectangle with white text. Bottom half has a yellow rectangle with red and black text listing the contents of a CD-ROM and a NASA meatball logo.
Back page of MARS - The NASA Mission Reports book showing a CD-ROM in a plastic sleeve affixed to the back cover. Left caucasian hand holding book open with a silver circle ring on the ring finger and bright colorful nail polish with star designs.
Mars: The NASA Mission Reports, compiled from the archives and edited by Robert Godwin (2000)
Covers Mariner, Viking, Mars Observer, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Climate Orbiter, & Mars Polar Lander.
BONUS: CD-ROM with nearly 2 hours of MPG video!!! 🤣
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Book cover for The Martian Surface: Composition, Mineralogy, and Physical Properties edited by Jim Bell. Top third is a teal blue color and bottom two thirds is a false color image of the Martian Surface.
Page from The Martian Surface: Composition, Mineralogy, and Physical Properties edited by Jim Bell. black text on white paper. Title of chapter is "The sedimentary rock cycle of Mars"
Dedication page from The Martian Surface: Composition, Mineralogy, and Physical Properties edited by Jim Bell. black text on white paper.
Back of dedication page from The Martian Surface: Composition, Mineralogy, and Physical Properties edited by Jim Bell. Grid of black and white photos of the departed scientists the book is dedicated two. They are all white men, le sigh.
The Martian Surface: Composition, Mineralogy, and Physical Properties, edited by Jim Bell (2008).
Academic text from the Cambridge Planetary Science series and a sturdy one at that. BONUS: peep the lovely dedication...
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I just got my tix for SF! 📚💙🧪🔭⚛️
Excited to see and hear you @chanda.blacksky.app 🤩
absolutely!
N.B. Mars can't help that "he who shall not be named" is obsessed with it. So don't hold it against the red planet. 😉
Book cover of the Proceedings of the Founding Convention of the Mars Society, Part I, edited by Robert M Zubrin and Maggie Zubrin. Top half of cover is orange with black text, bottom half is an illustration of a habitat on the surface of mars with mountains and another habitat in the distance. Next to the text in the upper right is the shield or logo design for the Mars Society.
Book cover of the Proceedings of the Founding Convention of the Mars Society, Part II, edited by Robert M Zubrin and Maggie Zubrin. Top half of cover is orange with black text, bottom half is an illustration of a habitat on the surface of mars with mountains and another habitat in the distance. Next to the text in the upper right is the shield or logo design for the Mars Society.
Book cover of the Proceedings of the Founding Convention of the Mars Society, Part III, edited by Robert M Zubrin and Maggie Zubrin. Top half of cover is orange with black text, bottom half is an illustration of a habitat on the surface of mars with mountains and another habitat in the distance. Next to the text in the upper right is the shield or logo design for the Mars Society.
Stack of books of the Proceedings of the Founding Convention of the Mars Society, edited by Robert M Zubrin and Maggie Zubrin. Bottom to Top: Part I, Part II, Part III. Spines are pink with black text.
Let's start with the Founding Convention of the Mars Society edited by Robert & Maggie Zubrin (1999)
It's a 3 volume set of proceedings from the convention held August 13-16, 1998 in Boulder, Colorado. Special deal for the whole set...
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Next up: Tuesday aka MARS-DAY!
Check out these cool books on Mars for sale 🌝
(full library sale here: www.asplibraryproject.com)
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Photo of a cuneiform tablet fragment shaped like an irregular diamond preserving about 20 lines of broken text
"Why is not one, at his god,
speaking justice;
being a supporter of truth;
(but) is settled just like a wicked person?"
In this ancient Babylonian dialogue, this is the friend's answer to why he feels gloomy. He answers with a question. Why, he asks, is not even a single person being good?
CORRECTION: solar system bodies, not planets. I promise I really am an astronomer! 😂
I blame Mondays...
Morning Universe!
Haha totally fair. I was undercaffeinated yesterday. I meant solar system bodies but I had a character limit. 🤪
@adrian.pw Hi friend! I miss nerding out with you!
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
Applications are open for our visiting grad student pre-doctoral program at the CCA @flatironinstitute.org !
More info here:
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Stay tuned for Mars books tomorrow and more Moon books next Monday! ✨
Book cover for “A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings” by Harold Hill. Blue background with white title text across the top underlined by a thick black line and then small whit text for author’s name. Black band across bottom has “Practical Astronomy Handbooks 1” inside in white text. Center shows two angled rectangles with drawings and labels of the moon in both.
Back cover of “A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings” with small blurb text in black at top, an example page of a lunar drawing the center, and UPC at the bottom
Open book showing grayscale drawings of the lunar surface
Open book showing grayscale drawing of the lunar surface on the right and plain text on the left
A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings by Harold Hill (1991).
Something about these drawings just gets me right in the feels. Really drives home how we humans have been drawing the Moon forever. 😍
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Book cover for “Splat: or how our moon came to be” by Dana Mackenzie. White and red title text across the top on a black background. Author name in white text across bottom. Center image is an illustration collision between the Earth and a smaller body.
Back cover of “Splat: how our moon came to be” with book blurb in white text on black background and image of the moon at the bottom. UPCs in both corners at the bottom.
Book open to table of contents
The Big Splat: Or How Our Moon Came To Be by Dana Mackenzie (2003)
Splat is of course the technical term for protoplanetary collision. 💥
NASA preliminary report on Surveyor V. Center photo shows a portion of a lunar probe lander on the surface of the moon.
NASA preliminary report on Surveyor VI. Center photo shows a round dish at the end of the leg of a probe on the surface of the moon.
NASA Program Results for Surveyor. Center photo shows an illustration of the moon with landing sites for surveyor probes labeled in Roman numerals.
NASA preliminary reports and program result for Surveyor - 7 spacecraft sent to the Moon to demonstrate the feasibility of soft landings. Ran June 1966 through Jan 1968. 🛰️
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More to come after my commute 😉
