Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the outer solar system
Unlike all the planets closer to the Sun, known since antiquity, the farthest reaches are the discoveries of the modern world. Uranus was discovered in 1781, Neptune in 1846, Pluto in 1930, the Kuiper belt group of objects in 1992, and though the Oort cloud has been theorized since 1950, its first member was found in 2004. The discovery of the outer planets made such an impression on the minds of mankind that they were immortalized in the names of the newly discovered elements: uranium, neptuni…
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- Full title :Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the outer solar system / Linda T. Elkins-Tanton.
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Unlike all the planets closer to the Sun, known since antiquity, the farthest reaches are the discoveries of the modern world. Uranus was discovered in 1781, Neptune in 1846, Pluto in 1930, the Kuiper belt group of objects in 1992, and though the Oort cloud has been theorized since 1950, its first member was found in 2004. The discovery of the outer planets made such an impression on the minds of mankind that they were immortalized in the names of the newly discovered elements: uranium, neptunium, and plutonium, an astonishingly deadly constituent of atomic bombs. Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and t.
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- Publication Date:©2011.
- Edition:Rev. ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Facts on File
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xix, 248 pages) : : color illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781438134086, 1438134088
- oclc:ocn698105709
- LC Classification:QB681
- Dewey Decimal:523.47
Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Uranus and Neptune; 1: Uranus: Fast Facts about a Planet in Orbit; 2: The Interior of Uranus; 3: Surface Appearance and Conditions on Uranus; 4: Rings and Moons of Uranus; 5: Neptune: Fast Facts about a Planet in Orbit; 6: The Interior of Neptune; 7: Surface Appearance and Conditions on Neptune; 8: Neptune's Rings and Moons; Part Two: Pluto and the Kuiper Belt; 9: The Discovery of Pluto nad the Kuiper Belt; 10: Pluto: Fast Facts about a Dwarf Planet in Orbit.
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