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Front cover of EUROPA, The Ocean Moon - Search for an Alien Biosphere by Richard Greenberg. Collage of satellite images of the surface of Europa showing grooves on the surface. Blue rectangle on right side has title in white text and subtitle in yellow text.

First page of EUROPA, The Ocean Moon - Search for an Alien Biosphere by Richard Greenberg about Life on a Water World. Black text on white paper.

EUROPA, The Ocean Moon - Search for an Alien Biosphere by Richard Greenberg open to schematic of Europa's orbit around Jupiter showing tidal forces (upper left), graphic visualization of ridge formation on the surface (lower left), and illustration of newly exposed water boiling as it freezes in an open crack.

EUROPA, The Ocean Moon - Search for an Alien Biosphere by Richard Greenberg open to a section on the tectonic record of non-synchronous rotation. Left page is a map of Europa made from Galileo images. Right page is black text on white paper.

EUROPA, The Ocean Moon - Search for an Alien Biosphere by Richard Greenberg (2005)

Read up on the "water world" in advance of NASA'S Europa Clipper mission - arriving at Jupiter 2030! 🛰️

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4 days ago

SO COOL.

Related: check out @astrosociety.org's available library books about the search for exoplanets and extraterrestrial life here:
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Front cover of Impact Jupiter: The Crash of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 by David H. Levy (co-discovered of the comet). Cover shoes illustration of Jupiter in upper left with a string of comet fragments looking like fireballs strung out in a line. Black background. Title text is outlined in white with image of Jupiter seen through the letters. Subtitle below in white text. Author name across bottom in blue text.

Page in Impact Jupiter: The Crash of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 by David H. Levy from the Chapter called A Scorpion's Embrace. Figure is a black rectangle with an illustration of Jupiter and the final orbit of the comet.

Impact Jupiter: The Crash of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 by David H. Levy open to pages in Chapter 9: A Disabled Ship with images of the comet's collision with Jupiter - looks like a line of light holes poked into a dark surface.

Back cover of Page in Impact Jupiter: The Crash of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 by David H. Levy. White and orange text of author blurbs for the book. Publishing logo on bottom left, UPC on bottom right.

Impact Jupiter: The Crash of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 by David H. Levy [co-discoverer of the comet] (1995, First Edition)

This was SUPER exciting as a younger space nerd. 🟠💫☄️💥

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4 days ago

NASA booklet titled: Voyager Encounters Jupiter. Off white with black text and imaged bands of Jupiter in the bottom half of the cover.

SCIENCE magazine by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Black background with images Jupiter and the Galilean Moons and an orbital path drawn for each in white lines.

NASA booklet titled Galileo to Jupiter: Probing the Planet and Mapping Its Moons. Artistic rendering of Galileo along with drawings of Jupiter, spacecraft, mathematics.

Historical documents of a kind...

1) Voyager Encounters Jupiter, NASA booklet (July 1979)
2) SCIENCE: Mission to Jupiter and Its Satellites, AAAS (1979)
3) Galileo to Jupiter: Probing the Planet and Mapping Its Moons, NASA-JPL booklet (July 1979)

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Front cover of Physics of the Jovian Magnetosphere edited by A.J. Dressler. Black with white text and white line drawing of Jupiter's magnetosphere in the center. Small text along bottom reads: Cambridge Planetary Science Series 3)

Physics of the Jovian Magnetosphere edited by A.J. Dressler open to pages in the Plasma Waves chapter. Figures on the top half of both pages, text at the bottom.

Physics of the Jovian Magnetosphere edited by A.J. Dressler open to pages in the Phenomenology of Magnetospheric Radio Emission chapter. Figure on upper half of right page showing radio data, rest of both pages is text.

Physics of the Jovian Magnetosphere edited by A.J. Dressler, Cambridge Planetary Science Series 3 (1983)

FUN FACT: At any astro/physics talks (and probably geo too lol), asking "Have you considered the magnetic fields?" is always a valid question. 😆🤓

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Front cover of "The Planet Jupiter" by B.M. Peek. Cover is turquoise with white text (title at top, author across bottom). Black square in the center has fuzzy black and white image of Jupiter.

"The Planet Jupiter" by B.M. Peek open to pages showing text about the temperate belt and zone and the south polar region on the left, and six black and white drawings of Jupiter on the right.

"The Planet Jupiter" by B.M. Peek open to pages on latitudes of the belts. Left page shows a landscape formatted grid consisting of bold horizontal cells showing years and vertical rectangles above each year depicting changes in the latitudes of the four principal belts, 1908 to 1947. Right page is supporting text

Illustrations list for "The Planet Jupiter" by B.M. Peek describing the plates included in book.

The Planet Jupiter by B.M. Peek (1958)

I love books about things that are written before we made leaps and bounds in our studies. Everything we knew in 1958 is from ground based telescopes only!

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Front cover of "The Giant Planet Jupiter" by John H. Rogers. Background image of the planet Jupiter up close with a moon in front of it. Pink title text at top with gray bar underline and under that author name in white text. Black bar along bottom with white text reads: Practical Astronomy Handbooks 6"

First page of "The Giant Planet Jupiter" by John H. Rogers. Black text on off white paper gives an overview of the book.

Open pages of "The Giant Planet Jupiter" by John H. Rogers shwoing images and diagrams of Jupiter along with black text on off white paper.

The Giant Planet Jupiter by John H. Rogers (1995)

And what a giant it is :)

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4 days ago

The planet of the day for Thursday is JUPITER! My personal fav.

Check out these cool books on Jupiter for sale 🌝
(full library sale here: www.asplibraryproject.com)

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5 days ago

Bookcase E: Planets & the Solar System — ASP Library Project Bookcase E includes: books on individual bodies in the solar system (sun + planets + minor bodies like comets, asteroids, and meteors).

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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The Channels of Mars by Victor R. Baker (1982)

N.B. CHANNELS, NOT CANALS. 😂

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6 days ago

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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6 days ago

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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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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6 days ago

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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6 days ago

bugs bunny and marvin the martian are standing next to each other ALT: bugs bunny and marvin the martian are standing next to each other

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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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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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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Book cover of "Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature" by Elijah E. Cocks and Josiah C. Cocks. Cover is dark blue with white title text on top, author names across the bottom and a vertically striated black and while photo showing Earthrise as viewed from lunar orbit.

open book showing the "L" section of the biographical dictionary for Who's Who on the Moon

Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature by Elijah E. Cocks & Josiah C. Cocks (1995)

A tome of biographic sketches of the men and women who have lunar features named after them. 1586 entries!!!

Photo of the L's in honor of la lune 😉

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Book cover of "What if the Moon didn't Exist?: Voyages to Earths that might have been" by Neil F. Comins. Background illustration of a starry sky beyond the surface of Earth in teal and navy. Title text in large white letters along top, subtitle and author in smaller white letters along bottom. Middle images is rectangle with the full moon in the sky beyond the surface of Earth but with the moon crossed out in red.

Back cover of "What if the Moon Didn't Exist?" with blurb discription of book in white text within a navy rectangle on a teal background. UPC symbol at bottom.

Partial title of contents for "What if the Moon Didn't Exist?"

What if the Moon Didn't Exist?: Voyages to Earths that Might Have Been by Neil F. Comins (1993)

Fun hypotheticals of how our planet might be different based on events that could have and could still happen in our galactic neighborhood. 🌝🌏

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book cover of "An Introductory Treatise on The Lunar Theory" by Ernest W. Brown. Illustration of the moons orbit shown as orange circle as Earth in the center and black/grey/white circles in moon phases encircling the Earth. Top half of cover has grey background, bottom is blue.

back cover of "An Introductory Treatise on the Lunar Theory" with book blurb in blue rectangle

book open to a page showing Chapter III on Undisturbed Elliptic Motion

book open to a page showing Chapter IX on The Theory of DeLaunay

An Introductory Treatise on the Lunar Theory by Ernest W. Brown (1960 publication of an 1896 text).

Swooning over the cover. Pages filled with math, math, and more math if that's your thing. 🤓

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book cover of "The Moon and the Western Imagination" (title in yellow script on dark green background), author Scott L. Montgomery (in small yellow type in upper right corner), illustration of ancient astronomer using a telescope to look at the sky.

open book showing text and light grey illustration of the moon with a face

open book showing text and image of ancient papyrus text

back cover of "The Moon and the Western Imagination" with author blurbs in yellow text on dark green background and illustration of an ancient astronomer with his eye to a telescope.

The Moon and the Western Imagination by Scott L. Montgomery (1999).

Intro poem by one of my all time favs WCW "A la lune" 1914:
Aye, pardon us, O moon,
Round, bright upon the darkening!
Pardon us, our little journeys endlessly repeated!

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book cover: black background with blue text reading "The Clementine Atlas of the Moon," white text reading "Ben Bussey and Paul Spudis," and the moon in false color.

open page of Moon Atlas showing a section of the Moon's surface with latitude, longitude, and geologic features labeled.

First up: The Clementine Atlas of the Moon by Ben Bussey and Paul Spudis (2004).

The Clementine Mission sent a spacecraft to orbit the moon in 1994 and map its surface, near and far. This is the first atlas to show the entire lunar surface in uniform scale/format!

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Just bc I'm a nerd and bc our days of the week were named after gods who also have planets named after them...

I'm gonna do a daily thread on book about the corresponding planet!

Today is Monday which is MOON-DAY. So here are some amazing books on the Moon for sale 🌝

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Uncorrected proofs are only $5... 🤑

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Bookcase M: Space Exploration — ASP Library Project Bookcase M includes: anything to do with human and robotic space exploration, some aviation topics as well.

RELATED: if you want to help save @astrosociety.org's library from an unknown and potentially binned future, you can view the whole collection here:
www.asplibraryproject.com

Shop the space exploration books specifically here:
www.asplibraryproject.com/blog/bookcas...

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Deals — ASP Library Project Save on sets and uncorrected proofs! If you are interested in purchasing a book from this collection or would like to know more about any of the books, please fill out the contact form with corresp...

New page of DEALS on multi-volume sets and uncorrected proofs!

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1 week ago

Books displayed on a dark couch in front of a wooden desk. Clockwise from left: An Emission Line Study of the Milky Way, Atlas of Galaxies, Astronomical Calendar, Particle Physics Brick by Brick, Astronomical Spectrographs and their History, Voyager to the Planets.

FYI, these are all headed to their new home with @erikahamden.bsky.social! 🤩

Get your own spacey book collection here:
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Books displayed on a dark couch in front of a wooden desk. Clockwise from left: An Emission Line Study of the Milky Way, Atlas of Galaxies, Astronomical Calendar, Particle Physics Brick by Brick, Astronomical Spectrographs and their History, Voyager to the Planets.

Today in book orders (con't):
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Voyager to the Planets (1991)
Astronomical Spectrographs and their History (2009)
Particle Physics Brick by Brick (2017)
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Browse/shop all @astrosociety.org library books here:
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