Discovery of the First Asteroid, Ceres Historical Studies in Asteroid Research /

Based on extensive primary sources, many never previously translated into English, this is the definitive account of the origins of Ceres as it went from being classified as a new planet to reclassification as the first of a previously unknown group of celestial objects. Cunningham opens this critic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cunningham, Clifford (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Astronomy-Observations.
Science-History.
Planetary science.
Solar system.
Physics-Philosophy.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
History of Science.
Planetary Science.
Space Physics.
Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Unseen Planet
  • The Discovery of Ceres
  • The Recovery of Ceres
  • The Great Nomenclature Controversy of 1801
  • The Physical Properties of Ceres
  • How Did The Public Learn About Ceres?
  • Piazzi's Monographs
  • Bode's Book of 1802
  • Schroeter's Book of 1805
  • British Correspondence About Ceres
  • Letters between Piazzi and Oriani
  • Letters Between Olbers and Bode
  • Zach's Ceres Correspondence
  • Other Ceres Correspondence
  • Appendix 1: A Description of the Ramsden Circle.-Appendix 2: The Events of 1801
  • Appendix 3: The Historical Development of the Orbital Elements of Ceres
  • Appendix 4: Star Atlases.

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