The Moons of Jupiter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Preface 5
3. Table of Contents 7
4. The Sunlit Moon
5. Lunar Phases 9
6. The “Composite” Full Moon 12
7. Cloudy Atmosphere with the Moon 14
8. Half an Hour Before Sunset 16
9. The Rotation of the Terminator 18
10. Looking toward the Sun? 20
11. In Opposition 22
12. Full Moon Fascination 24
13. The “Wrong Inclination” of the Terminator 26
14. Self-Rotation and Elliptical Orbits
15. Earth’s Self-Rotation 29
16. Earth’s Self-Rotation – Continued 32
17. From East to West 34
18. Looking North or South? 36
19. How Long Does a Day on the Moon Last? 38
20. Blue Moon 40
21. The Temperature on the Moon 42
22. The Lunar Poles 44
23. Kepler Ellipses and Free Fall
24. Rotation Direction in Our Solar System 47
25. Earth’s Obliquity and the Seasons 50
26. Why 27 Days for One Orbit? 52
27. The Dark Side of the Moon 54
28. Varying Sizes 56
29. Optical Illusion 58
30. Where Is the Moon in the Sky? 60
31. Extreme Orbits 62
32. Loops in the Sky 64
33. Precessional Motions
34. The Double Planet 67
35. Gravity and Centrifugal Force 70
36. The Tidal Forces on Earth 72
37. The Rhythm of High and Low Tides 74
38. Peculiarities of the Moon’s Motion 76
39. Lunar Precession 78
40. Eclipses and Distortions
41. The Solar Eclipse Phenomenon 81
42. The Moon’s Umbra 84
43. The Distorted Sphere 86
44. Egg-Shaped Sunrises and Moonrises 88
45. When the Full Moon Is Eclipsed 90
46. At Dawn 92
47. The Moon’s Brightness 94
48. At Least the Moon Is Shining… 96
49. Sun or Moon? 98
50. The Moon’s Impact Underwater 100
51. The Other Moons of Our Solar System
52. Where Did Our Moon Come From? 103
53. Magnetic Field on the Moon? 106
54. The Moons of Jupiter 108
55. How Many Moons Does (Did) Mars Have? 110
56. Titan – a Moon Similar to Earth 112
57. Dwarf Planets – Smaller Than Our Moon 114
58. The Moon in Different Cultures
59. Stonehenge – Inspired by the Moon? 117
60. Archaeological Looting and Lunar Cycles 120
61. Why the Pleiades? 122
62. The Definition of Easter 124
63. From Galileo to the Present 126
64. The Apollo Landing Sites 128
65. Index 130