Book Listing\n\n\uD83D\uDCDA Book Details\n\n--Title: The Mythology of the Night Sky: Greek Roman by David E Falkner - PB - 2020\n--Paperback: 348 pages\n--ISBN-10: 3030476936\n--ISBN-13: 978-3030476939\n--Product Dimensions: 15.6 x 1.83 x 23.39 cm\n--Publisher: Springer; 2nd ed. 2020 Edition (29 Sept. 2020)\n--Language: : English\n\uD83D\uDCDD Description\n\nThis book is for amateur astronomers who would like to know the mythology behind the names of astronomical objects in the night sky. It covers the lore and legend behind Ptolemys 48 constellations along with significant asterisms the planets and their moons the brightest named asteroids and dwarf planets.The revised second edition i nclud es a host of new moons and dwarf planets discovered since 2011. In addition it now features a new section on major asteroids and their associated myths. While still primarily focused on Greco-Roman mythology the book now branches out to cover more recently named objects from other cultures such.