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Pluto and Charon

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stern, S. Alan
Otros Autores: Tholen, D. J., Tholen, David J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Dedication; Collaborating Authors; Preface; The Discovery of the Ninth Planet, Pluto, in 1930
  • C.W. Tombaugh; The Discovery of Pluto's Moon, Charon, in 1978
  • J.W. Christy; Part I. Historical Perspective; The Prediction and Discoveries of Pluto and Charon
  • G. Reaves; The First 50 Years of Pluto-Charon Research
  • R.L. Marcialis; Mutual Events and Stellar Occultations
  • R.P. Binzel and W.B. Hubbard; Spacecraft Missions to Pluto and Charon
  • R.J. Terrile, S.A. Stern, R.L. Staehle, S.C. Brewster, J.B. Carraway. P.K. Henry, H. Price and S.S. Weinstein; Part II. Dynamics.
  • Pluto's Heliocentric Orbit
  • R. Malhotra and J.G. WilliamsDynamics of the Pluto-Charon Binary
  • A.R. Dobrovolskis, S.J. Peale and A.W. Harris; Part III. Bulk Properties, Surfaces and Interiors; Bulk Properties of Pluto and Charon
  • D.J. Tholen and M.W. Buie; The Surfaces of Pluto and Charon
  • D.P. Cruikshank, T.L. Roush, J.M. Moore, M. Sykes, T.C. Owen, M.J. Bartholomew, R.H. Brown and K.A. Tryka; Surface Appearance of Pluto and Charon
  • M.W. Buie, E.F. Young and R.P. Binzel.
  • Composition, Internal Structure, and Thermal Evolution of Pluto and Charon
  • W.B. McKinnon, D.P. Simonelli and G. SchubertPart IV. Atmospheres; Atmospheric Structure and Composition: Pluto and Charon
  • R.V. Yelle and J.L. Elliot; Chemical Models of Pluto's Atmosphere
  • M.E. Summers, D.F. Strobel and G.R. Gladstone; Volatile Transport, Seasonal Cycles, and Atmospheric Dynamics on Pluto
  • J.R. Spencer, J.A. Stansberry, L.M. Trafton, E.F. Young, R.P. Binzel and S.K. Croft; Escape Processes at Pluto and Charon
  • L.M. Trafton, D.M. Hunten, K.J. Zahnle and R.L. McNutt, Jr.
  • Pluto's Interaction with the Solar Wind
  • F. Bagenal, T.E. Cravens, J.G. Luhmann, R.L. McNutt, Jr., and A.F. ChengPart V. Perspectives; The Population of the Trans-Neptunian Region: The Pluto-Charon Environment
  • P.R. Weissman and H.F. Levison; On the Origin of Pluto, Charon, and the Pluto-Charon Binary
  • S.A. Stern, W.B. McKinnon and J.I. Lunine; Appendix: Plubib: A Pluto-Charon Bibliography Database
  • R.L. Marcialis; Glossary; Color Section; Acknowledgments; Index.