Beyond Pluto : exploring the outer limits of the solar system /

In the last ten years, the solar system has more than doubled in size. For the first time in almost two centuries an entirely new population of planetary objects has been found. This 'Kuiper Belt' of minor planets beyond Neptune has revolutionised our understanding of how the solar system...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davies, John Keith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Temas:
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
Zonnestelsel.
Kuiper Belt.
Kuiper, Ceinture de.
Solar system > Kuiper Belt
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue
  • The edge of the solar system
  • The Centaurs
  • The mystery of the short-period comets
  • Shooting in the dark
  • Deeper and deeper
  • Sorting out the dynamics
  • What are little planets made of?
  • Numbers and sizes
  • Things that go bump in the dark
  • Dust and discs
  • Where do we go from here?
  • Will we ever get our names right?
  • Appendix 1: Dramatis personae
  • Appendix 2: Guidelines for minor planet names
  • Index.

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