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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weintraub, David A. (David Andrew), 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Planets.
Planetes.
Planets
Solar system.
Pluto (Dwarf planet)
Pluton (Planete naine)
Systeme solaire.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • Postscript. Current thoughts by other astronomers
  • Appendix. What we know about Pluto.

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