Discovering Pluto : exploration at the edge of the solar system / Dale P. Cruikshank and William Sheehan.
| Author/creator | Cruikshank, Dale P. author. |
| Other author | Sheehan, William, 1954- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Tucson, Arizona : The University of Arizona Press, 2018. |
| Description | xiv, 475 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Twenty-Seven Years and Three Billion Miles -- A New Planet -- Gaps -- "With the Tip of a Pen" -- Post-Discovery Controversies -- The Search for Planet X -- Clyde's Planet -- Planetary Astronomy -- Planetary Science, New Technology, and the Discovery of Ice -- Whence the Ices? Chemistry in the Solar System -- Icy Earth and Beyond -- Why Ice on Pluto Matters -- New Discoveries and a New Paradigm -- Ices Predict an Atmosphere -- Surprise! A Moon Is Found -- More Than Ice : Some Extraordinary Chemistry -- Genesis of a Flight to Pluto -- The Flight of New Horizons -- Pluto and Charon : Marvelous Worlds -- On to the Kuiper Belt -- Appendix 1. The New Horizons Science Team -- Appendix 2. The New Horizons Spacecraft. |
| Abstract | The story of Pluto and its largest moon, from discovery through the New Horizons flyby--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-463) and index. |
| LCCN | 2017047625 |
| ISBN | 9780816534319 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0816534314 hardcover alkaline paper |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | QB701 .C78 2018 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |