Rock Legends [E-Book] : The Asteroids and Their Discoverers / by Paul Murdin.
This book relates the history of asteroid discoveries and christenings, from those of the early pioneering giants of Hersehel and Piazzi to modern-day amateurs. Moving from history and anecdotal information to science, the book's structure is provided by the names of the asteroids, including on...
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| Personal Name(s): | Murdin, Paul, author |
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1st ed. 2016. |
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Cham :
Springer,
2016
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| Physical Description: |
IX, 207 pages 38 illustrations, 19 illustrations in color (online resource) |
| Note: |
englisch |
| ISBN: |
9783319318363 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-319-31836-3 |
| Series Title: |
Popular Astronomy
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1: When the Stars Fell Down
- Chapter 2: From Eyesight to Space Satellites.-Chapter 3: Find Minor Planets by Technology
- Chapter 4: Naming and Possessing
- Chapter 5: At the Edge of the Solar System
- Chapter 6: Filling the Gap
- Chapter 7: Controlled by Jupiter
- Chapter 8: The Chaotic Solar System
- Chapter 9: The Fate of Asteroids
- References.