A comprehensive, accessible, and stunningly illustrated introduction
to these far-off worlds.
The most distant planets in our solar system, Uranus and Neptune were
unknown by the ancients--Uranus was discovered in the 1780s and Neptune
only in the 1840s. Our discovery and observation of both planets have
been hampered by their sheer distance from Earth: there has only been
one close encounter, Voyager 2 in the late 1980s. The Voyager
mission revealed many enticing details about the planets and their moons
but also left many more questions unanswered. This book is an
informative and accessible introduction to Uranus, Neptune, and their
moons. It takes readers on a journey from discovery to the most recent
observations made from space- and ground-based telescopes, and it will
appeal to amateur and professional astronomers alike.