Pluto : Sentinel of the Outer Solar System
Barrie W. Jones
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2010
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (252 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Pluto; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; I The Solar System; 1.1 A JOURNEY INTO OUR GALAXY; 1.2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM: SIZES AND ORBITS; Sizes; Orbits; Keplers laws of planetary motion; Small bodies in the Solar System: asteroids and comets; Small bodies in the Solar System: natural satellites; 1.3 PLANETARY COMPOSITIONS; External appearances of the planets; The interiors of planets; Icy materials; Internal layering in planets; Heat sources and interior temperatures in planets; 1.4 THE SUN; The solar interior; 1.5 THE ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. - 3.1 PLUTO'S SIZEAn accurate value at last; 3.2 PLUTO'S MASS; Pluto's gravitational effect on Neptune; Turning sizes into masses; A measured value of mass at last; 3.3 PLUTO'S DENSITY AND GLOBAL COMPOSITION; The relative abundances of the chemical elements; 4 Pluto's family; 4.1 REVOLUTIONS AND ROTATIONS; Revolutions (orbits); Rotation - Pluto; Rotations - the satellites; 4.2 MASSES, SIZES, DENSITIES AND GLOBAL COMPOSITIONS; Masses and sizes; Densities and global compositions; 4.3 THE ORIGIN OF PLUTO AND ITS SATELLITES; Pluto; Triton: an aside; Pluto; Charon; Nix and Hydra. - 5 Surfaces, atmospheres and interiors of Pluto and Charon5.1 REFLECTION AND EMISSION SPECTRA; Standard filters; 5.2 SURFACES; Pluto; Maps of Pluto's surface; Charon; 5.3 ATMOSPHERES; Phase diagrams; Pluto: the early years; Pluto: the 1980s and 1990s; Pluto: the twenty-first century; Charon; 5.4 INTERIORS; Pluto; Charon; 6 The Edgeworth-Kuiper belt; 6.1 WHY SEARCH FOR MORE TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECTS?; 6.2 THE TRICKLE AND THE FLOOD; 6.3 KUIPER BELT OBJECTS; Orbits of KBOs; Sizes of KBOs; Masses of KBOs; Compositions of KBOs; 6.4 THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE E-K BELT; The plutinos. - 8.2 MISSION OBJECTIVES. - Classical KBOsScattered disc objects (SDOs); KBOs with satellites; 6.5 CENTAURS AND SHORT-PERIOD COMETS; Neptune's Trojans; 7 Is Pluto a planet?; 7.1 THE ROLE OF CLASSIFICATION IN SCIENCE; 7.2 PLANETS BEFORE PLUTO'S DISCOVERY: ANTIQUITY TO 1930; 7.3 THE CLASSIFICATION OF PLUTO; The IAU General Assembly, Prague 2006; IAU Resolution: definition of a 'planet' in the Solar System; Resolution 5A; IAU Resolution: Pluto; Resolution 6A; The aftermath of Prague 2006; The IAU General Assembly, Rio de Janeiro 2009; 8 The New Horizons mission to Pluto (and beyond); 8.1 THE LONG PATH TO NEW HORIZONS. - Satellites, rings, the Oort cloud and the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt1.6 MAKING MEASUREMENTS OF DISTANCES, SIZES AND MASSES; Distances; Sizes; Masses; 2 The discovery of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto; 2.1 THE DISCOVERY OF URANUS; 2.2 THE DISCOVERY OF NEPTUNE; The Titius-Bode rule; A problem with Uranus; A planet beyond Uranus?; Adams and Le Verrier; The search is on (and off); The aftermath; 2.3 THE DISCOVERY OF PLUTO; William Henry Pickering; Percival Lowell; Clyde Tombaugh; Success!; 2.4 PLUTO SURPRISES; Pickerings Planet O; 2.5 WHY NO COLLISIONS WITH NEPTUNE?; 3 Pluto: a diminishing world. - Richly illustrated and up-to-date, this book is a timely account of Pluto for general readers, amateur astronomers and students alike.
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| ISBN | 9780521194365
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