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Beyond Pluto

Beyond Pluto

Exploring the Outer Limits of the Solar System

John Davies

232 pages, parution le 16/10/2001

Résumé

In the last ten years, the solar system has more than doubled in size. For the first time in almost two centuries an entirely new population of planetary objects has been found. This ‘Kuiper Belt' of minor planets beyond Neptune has revolutionised our understanding of how the solar system was formed and has finally explained the origin of the enigmatic outer planet Pluto. This is the fascinating story of how theoretical physicists decided that there must be a population of unknown bodies beyond Neptune and how a small band of astronomers set out to find them. What they discovered was a family of ancient planetesimals whose orbits and physical properties were far more complicated than anyone expected. We follow the story of this discovery, and see how astronomers, theoretical physicists and one incredibly dedicated amateur observer have come together to explore the frozen boundary of the solar system.

Contents

  • Prologue
  • 1. Towards the edge of the solar system
  • 2. The centaurs
  • 3. The mystery of the short period comets
  • 4. Shooting in the dark
  • 5. Deeper and deeper
  • 6. Sorting out the dynamics
  • 7. What are little planets made of?
  • 8. Numbers and sizes
  • 9. Things that go bump in the dark
  • 10. Dust and disks
  • 11. Where do we go from here?
  • 12. Will we ever get our names right? Appendix
  • Index.

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Éditeur(s) Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s) John Davies
Parution 16/10/2001
Nb. de pages 232
Format 15,5 x 23,5
Couverture Relié
Poids 549g
Intérieur Noir et Blanc
EAN13 9780521800198

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