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Topical Index to Astronomy Articles in Scientific American Magazine

Target Audience:

• Faculty / Instructors
• K-12 Teachers
• Undergraduates

Brief description of the resource guide and its strengths:

Presents an annotated listing of astronomy articles in Scientific American magazine, organized by topic, for the ten year period 1999-2009. 

URL

http://scitation.aip.org/journals/doc/AERSCZ-ft/vol_8/iss_1/010303_1.html

Description

This index helps sort out the many astronomy-related articles in Scientific American.  You can search for any major topic in astronomy or planetary science, and find a listing (with a short summary) of key articles in that field.

A PDF version can be found at: http://scitation.aip.org/getpdf/servlet/GetPDFServlet?filetype=pdf&id=AERSCZ000008000001010303000001&idtype=cvips&doi=10.3847/AER2009060&prog=normal

Topics

The sun and solar physics; Solar-Terrestrial interactions; Space weather; Missions; Planetary science; Planetary geology; Planetary atmospheres; Terrestrial planets; Jovian planets; Moons; Astrobiology; Lunar science; Extrasolar planets; Asteroids and comets; General astronomy; The Sun and Solar System (including the Earth-Moon system, asteroids and comets); Solar system formation; Stars and Stellar Systems (including exoplanets, star formation and evolution, compact objects); Interstellar medium, nebulae; The (Milky Way) Galaxy and Local Group; Galaxies (beyond the Local Group); Cosmology

Submitted By:

First Name:	Andrew
Last Name:	Fraknoi
Institution:	Foothill College
Website:	www.foothill.edu/ast/fraknoi.php
Date:	02/05/2013