Research Catalog

Title

Pluto and Charon / S. Alan Stern, David J. Tholen, editors ; with the editorial assistance of A.S. Ruskin, M.L. Guerrieri and M.S. Matthews.

Publication

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Stern, Alan, 1957-
• Tholen, David J. (David James), 1955-

Description

xxi, 728 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Space science series

Uniform Title

Space science series.

Subject

• Pluto (Dwarf planet)
• Charon (Satellite)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• The Discovery of the Ninth Planet, Pluto, in 1930 / C. W. Tombaugh -- The Discovery of Pluto's Moon, Charon, in 1978 / J. W. Christy -- The Prediction and Discoveries of Pluto and Charon / G. Reaves -- The First 50 Years of Pluto-Charon Research / R. L. Marcialis -- Mutual Events and Stellar Occultations / R. P. Binzel and W. B. Hubbard -- Spacecraft Missions to Pluto and Charon / R. J. Terrile, S. A. Stern and R. L. Staehle [et al.] -- Pluto's Heliocentric Orbit / R. Malhotra and J. G. Williams -- Dynamics of the Pluto-Charon Binary / A. R. Dobrovolskis, S. J. Peale and A. W. Harris -- Bulk Properties of Pluto and Charon / D. J. Tholen and M. W. Buie -- The Surfaces of Pluto and Charon / D. P. Cruikshank, T. L. Roush and J. M. Moore [et al.] -- Surface Appearance of Pluto and Charon / M. W. Buie, E. F. Young and R. P. Binzel -- Composition, Internal Structure, and Thermal Evolution of Pluto and Charon / W. B. McKinnon, D. P. Simonelli and G. Schubert --
• Atmospheric Structure and Composition: Pluto and Charon / R. V. Yelle and J. L. Elliot -- Chemical Models of Pluto's Atmosphere / M. E. Summers, D. F. Strobel and G. R. Gladstone -- Volatile Transport, Seasonal Cycles, and Atmospheric Dynamics on Pluto / J. R. Spencer, J. A. Stansberry and L. M. Trafton [et al.] -- Escape Processes at Pluto and Charon / L. M. Trafton, D. M. Hunten and K. J. Zahnle [et al.] -- Pluto's Interaction With the Solar Wind / F. Bagenal, T. E. Cravens and J. G. Luhmann [et al.] -- The Population of the Trans-Neptunian Region: The Pluto-Charon Environment / P. R. Weissman and H. F. Levison -- On the Origin of Pluto, Charon, and the Pluto-Charon Binary / S. A. Stern, W. B. McKinnon and J. I. Lunine -- App. Plubib: A Pluto-Charon Bibliography Database / R. L. Marcialis.

ISBN

0816518408 (cloth)

LCCN

97027746

OCLC

ocm37373519

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries