| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 475 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Twenty-Seven Years and Three Billion Miles; 2. A New Planet; 3. Gaps; 4. â#x80;#x9C;With the Tip of a Penâ#x80;#x9D;; 5. Post-Discovery Controversies; 6. The Search for Planet X; 7. Clydeâ#x80;#x99;s Planet; 8. Planetary Astronomy; 9. Planetary Science, New Technology, and the Discovery of Ice; 10. Whence the Ices? Chemistry in the Solar System; 11. Icy Earth and Beyond; 12. Why Ice on Pluto Matters; 13. New Discoveries and a New Paradigm; 14. Ices Predict an Atmosphere; 15. Surprise! A Moon Is Found; 16. More Than Ice: Some Extraordinary Chemistry |
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17. Genesis of a Flight to PlutoColor Gallery; 18. The Flight of New Horizons; 19. Pluto and Charon: Marvelous Worlds; 20. On to the Kuiper Belt; Appendix 1: The New Horizons Science Team; Appendix 2: The New Horizons Spacecraft; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
The story of Pluto and its largest moon, from discovery through the New Horizons flyby--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
SCIENCE -- General.
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| SUBJECT |
Pluto (Dwarf planet) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85103579
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| Subject |
Pluto (Dwarf planet)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sheehan, William, 1954- author.
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| LC no. |
2017047625 |
| ISBN |
9780816538317 |
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081653831X |
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