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Corrections for Science Explorer/Book J: Astronomy ©2002

As part of its Open Book Initiative, Pearson Education has established an Internet-based communication policy that alerts educators to any factual or typographical errors or areas of possible misunderstanding in its school programs. In accordance with this policy, Prentice Hall is alerting you to corrections made in Science Explorer/Book J: Astronomy © 2002.

We organized the corrections by category:

  • Corrections of factual errors
  • Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors
  • Changes for clarification, where the original wording or art could be improved to support student understanding
Publishers typically reprint books several times over the life of a copyright. Corrections can be made in each printing. Thus, depending on which printing of Science Explorer/Book J: Astronomy you have, these corrections may already appear in your textbook.

Key: Fig. = Figure
Ch. = Chapter
par. 1, par. 2, etc. = paragraph 1, paragraph 2, etc. (an incomplete paragraph at the top of a page is counted as paragraph 1)
ques. 1, ques. 2, etc. = question 1, question 2, etc.
col. 1, col. 2, etc. = column 1, column 2, etc.
ans. = answer


  Student Edition
0-13-054088-9

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
26 Exploring Phases of the Moon Waning Crescent photograph Photograph is upside down. 12-Jun-2001
37 par. 4, line 7 "...1986. The word...for 'peace.' Astronauts..." "...1986. Astronauts..." 05-Dec-2001
63 Fig. 10 art Art New Art 12-Jun-2001
64 par. 2, line 4 "...probe, Mariner 10, in 1974. Mariner 10..." "...probe, Mariner 10. It flew by three times in 1974 and 1975. Mariner 10..." 12-Jun-2001
71 Fig. 19 table, last col., rows 1–3 "17
19
18"
"18
18
20"
16-Nov-2001
72 par. 3, lines 6–7 "...discovered 13 more moons...Jupiter, for a total of 17." "...discovered more than a dozen additional moons...Jupiter." 16-Nov-2001
75 Fig. 24 caption, line 3 "...its 18 moons." "...its 20 moons." 12-Jun-2001
75 par. 5, last line "...discovered another moon, for a total of 18." "...discovered three more moons, for a total of 20." 12-Jun-2001
82 Fig. 29 caption, lines 5–8 "...NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission photographed the asteroid Mathilde (right) in 1997." "...NASA's Galileo mission photographed the asteroid Gaspra (right)." 16-Nov-2001
129 Honor in a Name, par. 1, lines 6–8 "...NASA, Valerie wrote...were 3,800 students..." "...NASA and The Planetary Society, Valerie wrote...were 3,500 students..." 16-Nov-2001
157 col. 1 "comets..." Delete line. 12-Jun-2001
157 col. 1 "comets..." Delete line. 12-Jun-2001
157 col. 2 "...80, 89..." "...80, 81, 89..." 12-Jun-2001
157 col. 3 "lunar eclipse..." "lunar eclipse...
Lunar Prospector 44"
12-Jun-2001

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
9 col. 1, first question, line 2 "...Kuiper belt?" "...Kuiper Belt?" 12-Jun-2001
37 par. 4, line 8 "...Americans, have visited..." "...Americans, visited..." 05-Dec-2001
89 Compare/Contrast Table, line 7 "...and whom supported..." "...and who supported..." 16-Nov-2001
131 Social Studies Activity, fifth bullet, line 2 "...mission control scientists..." "...mission-control scientists..." 12-Jun-2001
131 Social Studies Activity, lines 5–6 "...for 5 astronauts from 2 different..." "...for five astronauts from two different..." 16-Nov-2001

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
29 par. 4, lines 4–5 "...the shadow appears..." "...the umbra appears..." 16-Nov-2001
37 Fig. 15 caption, last line "...in orbit over Florida." "...in orbit." 12-Jun-2001
37 par. 4, last two lines "...are now cooperating to build the International Space Station." "...are cooperating on the International Space Station, which is now being built in orbit and will eventually provide living quarters and labs for up to seven astronauts." 12-Jun-2001
37 par. 4, lines 4–5 "...and medical, geological, and astronomical experiments. The..." "...and scientific experiments. The..." 16-Nov-2001
62 par. 3, line 4 "...with a small amount of carbon dioxide. Earth's..." "...with small amounts of argon and other gases. Earth's..." 12-Jun-2001
67 par. 4, lines 7–10 "...that Schiaparelli and Lowell were mistaken. There are no canals on Mars, or even...from Earth." "...that Lowell was mistaken. There are no canals on Mars." 16-Nov-2001
105 par. 2, line 2 "...light-years. The distance..." "...light-years using existing technology. The distance..." 12-Jun-2001
113 par. 4, line 8 "Small stars...than large stars,..." "Small-mass stars...than large-mass stars,..." 12-Jun-2001
120 par. 2, lines 10–11 "...by massive clouds of stars, gas, and dust between..." "...by the dust associated with massive clouds of gas between..." 16-Nov-2001
120 par. 3, lines 5–6 "...in elliptical galaxies. So elliptical galaxies..." "...in most elliptical galaxies. Most elliptical galaxies..." 16-Nov-2001
131 Partners in Space, col. 1, par. 1, lines 5–7 "...space shuttles and on Mir,Russia's space station. Mir was launched in 1986." "...space shuttles, on Mir,Russia's former space station, and on the new International Space Station." 16-Nov-2001
131 Partners in Space, col. 1, par. 2, lines 3–6 "...space. Recently, Russia and the United States have cooperated on Mir. In 1997, Americans became full members of the Mir crew with specific jobs. They worked with the cosmonauts to..." "...space. Beginning in 1997, Russia and the United States have cooperated on Mir. Americans worked with cosmonauts to..." 16-Nov-2001
131 Partners in Space, col. 2, par. 2, lines 1–2 "Because Mir is an...crews have gotten used to dealing..." "Because Mir was an...crews have gained experience dealing..." 16-Nov-2001
131 Partners in Space, col. 2, par. 3, lines 1–3 "...Mir is a first step toward the International Space Station, now being built—and possibly an expedition..." "...Mir and the International Space Station should prove invaluable for a future expedition..." 16-Nov-2001


Teacher's Edition
0-13-054089-7

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
71 Using the Visuals: Figure 19, line 12 "...(Neptune) learning..." "...(Neptune) Astronomers using sophisticated new technology and software have recently identified a number of additional small moons in orbit around Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. In order to be officially recognized, additional observations are required to establish orbits for these moons. learning..." 19-Jun-2001
101 Advance Planning, lines 4–5 "...tubes. Order the necessary lenses." "...tubes. Various combinations of lenses are possible. For example, a 43-mm diameter 400-mm focal length objective paired with a 25-mm focal length eyepiece would produce a magnification of 16 times." 17-Nov-2001
131 Facilitate, second bullet, lines 2–4 "...in 1999. Russia...experience—more than 20 years—than the..." "...in 1999 and that Mir re-entered Earth's atmosphere on a controlled trajectory and crashed into the Pacific Ocean in March 2001. Russia...experience than the..." 17-Nov-2001
146 Circle Graphs, line 7 "...(on the previous page) be shown..." "...(on page 144) be shown..." 19-Jun-2001

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
78 Advance Planning, line 3 "...page 188 of..." "...page 138 of..." 19-Jun-2001
101 Analyze and Conclude ans., #4 "...and lens to collect more light" "...and wider lenses would collect more light." 19-Jun-2001
101 Introducing the Procedure, line 1 "...the drawing in the text to give..." "...the text drawing to give..." 19-Jun-2001
130 Facilitate, line 5 "...NASA's Website,..." "...NASA's Web site,..." 19-Jun-2001
144 sample data table head "Time Spent..." "Time Spent...
(in hours)
"
19-Jun-2001

Changes for clarification.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
99 Tips, line 15 "...with blue..." "...with a double thickness of blue..." 19-Jun-2001


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