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Pluto (Dwarf planet)
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Descript |
1 online resource (xiv, 475 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
Content |
text txt |
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computer c |
Carrier |
online resource cr |
Contents |
Intro; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Twenty-Seven Years and Three Billion Miles; 2. A New Planet; 3. Gaps; 4. â#x80;#x9C;With the Tip of a Penâ#x80;#x9D;; 5. Post-Discovery Controversies; 6. The Search for Planet X; 7. Clydeâ#x80;#x99;s Planet; 8. Planetary Astronomy; 9. Planetary Science, New Technology, and the Discovery of Ice; 10. Whence the Ices? Chemistry in the Solar System; 11. Icy Earth and Beyond; 12. Why Ice on Pluto Matters; 13. New Discoveries and a New Paradigm; 14. Ices Predict an Atmosphere; 15. Surprise! A Moon Is Found; 16. More Than Ice: Some Extraordinary Chemistry. |
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17. Genesis of a Flight to PlutoColor Gallery; 18. The Flight of New Horizons; 19. Pluto and Charon: Marvelous Worlds; 20. On to the Kuiper Belt; Appendix 1: The New Horizons Science Team; Appendix 2: The New Horizons Spacecraft; Notes; Index. |
Alt author |
Sheehan, William, 1954- author.
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ISBN |
9780816538317 (electronic bk.) |
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081653831X (electronic bk.) |
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9780816534319 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0816534314 |
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