The Hunt for Planet X : New Worlds and the Fate of Pluto. 1st ed. 2009

種類:

電子ブック

責任表示:

by Govert Schilling

出版情報:

New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Copernicus, 2009

著者名:

• Schilling, Govert.
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ISBN:

9780387778051 [0387778055]    

注記:

A Larger Solar System -- Eleven Planets -- The Writing Desk Planet -- #x2018;I#x2019;ve Found Your Planet X#x2019; -- The Kid Planet -- A Strange and Wonderful Week -- Fortunate Circumstances -- Nix and Hydra -- The Unauthorized Planet -- Uranus: Problem Solved? -- Mysterious Forces -- The Hunt for the Death Star -- The Secret Planet -- Vulcanoids and Earth-Grazers -- The Kuiper Connection -- Comet Puzzles -- Smiley -- Family Portraits -- The Migrating Planet -- Icy Treasure Troves -- The Big Five -- The Tenth Planet -- The Spanish Invasion -- Pas de deux -- Model from Nice -- Planet Under Siege -- Planetary Elections -- The Continuing Story -- A Thousand Planets -- New Horizons.
"The Hunt for Planet X is a fascinating tale by one of the world's premier astronomy writers. Govert Schilling is not only scrupulously accurate, he writes beautifully as well." Stephen P. Maran, Author of "Astronomy for Dummies" and Press Officer, American Astronomical Society "The Hunt for Planet X is an adventure story or, more accurately, a series of adventure stories. Schilling tells them well, capturing both the science and the people involved. It starts with the classics: Uranus, Neptune and Pluto; and moves all over the solar system as ground-based astronomers and space scientists pour over measurements and observations to try to understand the worlds around us. Current debates about the Pioneer Anomaly and the definition of what is a planet make the book current as well as a good history." Dr. Louis Friedman, Executive Director, The Planetary Society "This exciting tale of the centuries-old search for new planets in the solar system reads like a thriller. It is an adventure packed with fierce competi

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