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PART 1. EXPLORING THE SKY.
1. Here and Now.
2. A User's Guide to the Sky.
3. Moon Phases and Eclipses.
4. Origins of Modern Astronomy.
5. Gravity.
6. Light and Telescopes.

PART 2.THE STARS.
7. Atoms and Spectra.
8. The Sun.
9. Origins of Stars, Galaxies, and the Univers.

PART 3. THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
10. Origin of the Solar System and Extrasolar Planets.
11. Earth: The Active Planet.
12. The Moon and Mercury: Comparing Airless Worlds.
13. Venus and Mars.
14. Jupiter and Saturn.
15. Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Kuiper Belt.
16. Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets.

PART 4. LIFE.
17. Astrobiology: Life on Other Worlds.

AUTHORS
Michael A. Seeds
(Joseph R. Grundy Observatory
Franklin and Marshall College)

Dana Backman
(SETI Institute & NASA Airborne
Astronomy Ambassadors
SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy)

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