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Pluto and Lowell Observatory : a history of discovery at Flagstaff

Title
Pluto and Lowell Observatory : a history of discovery at Flagstaff / Kevin Schindler and Will Grundy ; contributions by Annette & Alden Tombaugh, W. Lowell Putnam and S. Alan Stern.
Author
Schindler, Kevin
Publication
  • Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2018.
  • ©2018

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Additional Authors
  • Grundy, William M.
  • Tombaugh, Annette
  • Tombaugh, Alden
  • Putnam, William Lowell, IV, 1954-
Description
174 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 23 cm
Alternative Title
History of discovery at Flagstaff
Subject
  • Lowell Observatory > History
  • Lowell Observatory
  • Pluto (Dwarf planet)
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-167) and index.
Contents
Foreword / by Annette R. Tombaugh and Alden C. Tombaugh -- Preface -- Introduction / by W. Lowell Putnam -- An exercise in trial and error -- Integrating the search -- Precision and planning -- Paydirt -- Companion -- Shadows in the night -- Setting the stage for a mission -- Pluto explored! -- Home of Pluto -- Epilogue : Is Pluto a planet? / by Jeffrey Hall and Gerard van Belle -- Afterword / by S. Allan Stern -- Timeline for Pluto and Flagstaff.
ISBN
  • 9781625859792
  • 1625859791
LCCN
2017960106
OCLC
  • on1011680931
  • 1011680931
  • SCSB-9448104
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library