Is Pluto a Planet? : a historical journey through the solar system / David A. Weintraub.
Record details
- ISBN: 0691123489
- ISBN: 9780691123486
- Physical Description: ix, 254 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2007]
- Copyright: ©2007
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Given in Honor of Martha Simmons
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-248) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 523.2 WEI (Text) | 37810434402151 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
