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Is Pluto a planet? a historical journey through the solar system

Title
Is Pluto a planet? [electronic resource] : a historical journey through the solar system / David A. Weintraub.
Author
Weintraub, David A. (David Andrew), 1958-
Publication
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007.

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Description
1 online resource (ix, 254 p.) : ill., facsims.
Uniform Title
Is Pluto a planet? (Online)
Alternative Title
Is Pluto a planet? (Online)
Subject
  • Planets
  • Solar system
  • Pluto (Dwarf planet)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-248) and index.
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Contents
1. What is a planet? -- 2. Seven perfect planets made of aether -- 3. The Earth becomes a planet -- 4. Sixteen planets -- 5. Not everything that orbits the Sun is a planet -- 6. Uranus! -- 7. The celestial police -- 8. Neptune, the thirteenth planet -- 9. Easy come, easy go -- 10. Pluto, the fourth ninth planet -- 11. Hidden secrets of the outer solar system -- 12. The plutinos -- 13. Is Pluto a planet? -- 14. Goldilocks -- Postscript. Current thoughts by other astronomers -- Appendix. What we know about Pluto.
LCCN
2006929630
OCLC
ssj0001470484
Author
Weintraub, David A. (David Andrew), 1958-
Title
Is Pluto a planet? [electronic resource] : a historical journey through the solar system / David A. Weintraub.
Imprint
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-248) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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