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Beyond Pluto : Exploring the Outer Limits of the Solar System.
The solar system has more than doubled in size since 1992. For the first time in two centuries an entirely new population of planetary objects has been found. This 'Kuiper Belt' of minor planets has revolutionised our understanding of the solar system and explained the origin of Pluto, and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1 The edge of the solar system; 2 The Centaurs; 3 The mystery of the short-period comets; 4 Shooting in the dark; 5 Deeper and deeper; 6 Sorting out the dynamics; 7 What are little planets made of?; 8 Numbers and sizes; 9 Things that go bump in the dark; 10 Dust and discs; 11 Where do we go from here?; 12 Will we ever get our names right?; Appendix 1 Dramatis personae; Appendix 2 Guidelines for minor planet names; Index.