Investigating the Origin of the Asteroids and Early Findings on Vesta [E-Book] : Historical Studies in Asteroid Research / by Clifford J. Cunningham.
This book assesses the origin of asteroids by analyzing the discovery of Vesta in 1807. Wilhelm Olbers, who discovered Vesta, suggested that the asteroids were the result of a primordial planet's explosion. Cunningham studies that idea in detail through the writings of Sir David Brewster in Sco...
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Personal Name(s): | Cunningham, Clifford J, author |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2017. |
Imprint: |
Cham :
Springer,
2017
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Physical Description: |
XIII, 399 pages 211 illustrations, 35 illustrations in color (online resource) |
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englisch |
ISBN: |
9783319581187 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-319-58118-7 |
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- Preface
- Exordium
- 1 Olbers' Hypothesis: The Origin of the Asteroids
- 2 Regnér's Attacks on Olbers' Hypothesis
- 3 Brewster's Support for Olbers' Hypothesis
- 4 The Discovery of Vesta
- 5 Vesta: A Self-Luminous Asteroid?- 6 Asteroids and the Language of Nature
- 7 The Perturbations of Vesta
- 8 Letters: Olbers-Gauss
- 9 Letters: Bessel-Olbers-Bode-Gauss
- 10 Letters: Groombridge-Maskelyne-Herschel
- 11 Schroeter's Asteroid Books
- 12 Scientific Papers
- 13 Historical Surveys of the Asteroids
- Appendix A: Kepler's Singular Audacity
- Appendix B: Master List of Asteroid Correspondence
- Appendix C: Master List of English Magazine Articles
- Appendix D: The Historical Development of the Orbital Elements of Vesta
- Final Thoughts
- References
- Index.