Encyclopedia of Astrophysics
by Søren Bertil F. Dorch
Publisher: Scholarpedia 2009
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Encyclopedia of Astrophysics covers cosmology, stellar astrophysics, space exploration, extragalactic astronomy, solar physics, planetary physics, computational astrophysics, and history of astronomy. Written by researchers leading in their field.
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