Beyond Pluto: exploring the outer limits of the solar system

"This is the story of how theoretical physicists decided that there must be a population of unknown bodies beyond Neptune and how a small band of astronomers set out to find them. What they discovered was a family of ancient planetesimals whose orbits and physical properties were far more compl...

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1. Verfasser: Davies, John Keith 1955- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2001
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Zusammenfassung:"This is the story of how theoretical physicists decided that there must be a population of unknown bodies beyond Neptune and how a small band of astronomers set out to find them. What they discovered was a family of ancient planetesimals whose orbits and physical properties were far more complicated than anyone expected. We follow the story of this discovery, and see how astronomers, theoretical physicists and one incredibly dedicated amateur observer have come together to explore the frozen boundary of the solar system."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:Includes index.
Beschreibung:XII, 233 S. Ill.
ISBN:0521800196