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Post-Hipparcos Cosmic Candles
. Ed(S): Heck, Andre; Caputo, Filippina
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Description for Post-Hipparcos Cosmic Candles
paperback. Editor(s): Heck, Andre; Caputo, Filippina. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 482.
In May 1976, when one of us was temporarily associated with Stras bourg Observatory for lecturing on distance determination methods (Heck 1978), Pierre Lacroute - then in his last year as Director there - mod estly requested comments on a project he had been cherishing for quite a few years, and which he had been presenting to visitors and colleagues: an astrometric satellite. His persuasiveness and persistence won support from the scientific com munity, from the French space agency CNES and from the European Space Agency (ESA): the Hipparcos satellite was born. It was fitting that Lacroute lived long enough ... Read more
In May 1976, when one of us was temporarily associated with Stras bourg Observatory for lecturing on distance determination methods (Heck 1978), Pierre Lacroute - then in his last year as Director there - mod estly requested comments on a project he had been cherishing for quite a few years, and which he had been presenting to visitors and colleagues: an astrometric satellite. His persuasiveness and persistence won support from the scientific com munity, from the French space agency CNES and from the European Space Agency (ESA): the Hipparcos satellite was born. It was fitting that Lacroute lived long enough ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
Series
Astrophysics and Space Science Library
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401059909
SKU
V9789401059909
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Reviews for Post-Hipparcos Cosmic Candles
`Post-Hipparcos Cosmic Candles is an excellent overview of cosmic distance scales.' Thomas Barnes