Is Pluto a Planet? : A Historical Journey through the Solar System /

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A Note from the Author: On August 24, 2006, at the 26th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in Prague, by a majority vote of only the 424 members present, the IAU (an organization of over 10,000 members) passed a resolution defining planet in such a way as to exclude Pluto...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weintraub, David A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Edición:With a New postscript by the author
Temas:
Planets.
SCIENCE / Astronomy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. What Is a Planet?
  • 2. Seven Perfect Planets Made of Aether
  • 3.The Earth Becomes a Planet
  • 4. Sixteen Planets
  • 5. Not Everything That Orbits the Sun Is a Planet
  • 6. Uranus!
  • 7. The Celestial Police
  • 8. Neptune, the Thirteenth Planet
  • 9. Easy Come, Easy Go
  • 10. Pluto, the Fourth Ninth Planet
  • 11. Hidden Secrets of the Outer Solar System
  • 12. The Plutinos
  • 13. Is Pluto a Planet?
  • 14. Goldilocks
  • 2006 Postscript. Current Thoughts by Other Astronomers
  • 2008 Postscript. The Post-2006 Status of Pluto
  • Appendix. What We Know about Pluto
  • Notes
  • Index

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