The Hunt for Planet X: New Worlds and the Fate of PlutoSpringer Science & Business Media, 24.01.2010 г. - 303 страници Ever since the serendipitous discovery of planet Uranus in 1871, astronomers have been hunting for new worlds in the outer regions of our solar system. This exciting and ongoing quest culminated recently in the discovery of hundreds of ice dwarfs in the Kuiper belt, robbed Pluto from its ‘planet’ status, and led to a better understanding of the origin of the solar system. This timely book reads like a scientific ‘who done it’, going from the heights of discovery to the depths of disappointment in the hunt for ‘Planet X’. Based on many personal interviews with astronomers, the well-known science writer Govert Schilling introduces the heroes in the race to be the first in finding another world, bigger than Pluto. |
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The Writing Desk Planet | 19 |
Ive Found Your Planet X | 29 |
The Kid Planet | 39 |
A Strange and Wonderful Week | 47 |
Fortunate Circumstances | 55 |
Nix and Hydra | 65 |
The Migrating Planet | 165 |
Icy Treasure Troves | 175 |
The Big Five | 183 |
The Tenth Planet | 195 |
The Spanish Invasion | 205 |
Pas de deux | 217 |
Model from Nice | 225 |
Planet Under Siege | 235 |
The Unauthorized Planet | 75 |
Problem Solved? | 85 |
Mysterious Forces | 93 |
The Hunt for the Death Star | 101 |
The Secret Planet | 111 |
Vulcanoids and EarthGrazers | 119 |
The Kuiper Connection | 127 |
Comet Puzzles | 135 |
Smiley | 145 |
Family Portraits | 155 |
Planetary Elections | 245 |
The Continuing Story | 255 |
A Thousand Planets | 265 |
New Horizons | 275 |
Chronology | 285 |
Glossary of terms | 291 |
Bibliography | 295 |
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