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Planets Beyond ; Discovering the Outer Solar System

An introduction to the discovery of the outer planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, based on up-to-date scientific facts. Written in a style which will allow novices to understand the material easily, the text also describes historical and scientific vignettes about the people involved.
Print Book, English, 1990
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Wiley, 1990
9780471510536, 047151053X
1020218555
The Discovery of Uranus; The Fervor for New Planets; Trouble with Uranus; Neptune: The Planet Found on a Sheet of Paper; Percival Lowell and Planet X. The Discovery of Pluto; Toward Uranus; The Grand Tour of Voyager 2; Triumph at Uranus; Appointment with Neptune; Voyagers to the Stars; The Smallest Planet; Is There a Tenth Planet?; Voyager 2 at Neptune: Beyond Imagination; Cosmic Archives: What the Outer Solar System Can Tell Us; Endnotes; Appendices; Selected Bibliography; Glossary; Index.
Upd and rev. Wiley, 1990