Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets; 3rd Edition

By Jean Meeus. Product Information: hardbound, 6" by 9", 487 pages.For more than a generation amateur and professional astronomers have turned to Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets by Jean Meeus as an authoritative source for many of the past and future predictable astronomical events. This third edition now extends the data into the period of 2040–2050 as detailed below in the Table of Contents. Table of ContentsNote on Time ReckoningPart 1: Planetary Phenomena 2010–2040Part 2: Oppositions of Mars 0–3000Part 3: Equinoxes and Solstices 1–3000Part 4: Phases of the Moon 1970–2050Part 5: Occultations of Planets and Bright Stars 2010–2040 Part 6: Sunspot Activity 1749–2014 Part 7: Other TablesAbout the AuthorJean Meeus, born in 1928, studied mathematics at the University of Louvain (Leuven) in Belgium, where he received the Degree of Licentiate in 1953. From then until his retirement in 1993 he was a meteorologist at Brussels Airport. His special interest is spherical and ma