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Rock Legends

The Asteroids and Their Discoverers

Autor: Paul Murdin
Limbă: engleză
Legare: Carte broșată
Editura: Springer International Publishing AG
Disponibilitate: La editor doar la comandă
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224.76 lei
This book relates the history of asteroid discoveries and christenings, from those of the early pion...

Informații despre carte

Autor
Paul Murdin
Limbă
engleză
Legare
Carte - Carte broșată
Publicat
2018
Pagini
207
EAN
9783319811321
Enbook ID
20092707
Editura
Springer International Publishing AG
Greutate
680
Dimensiuni
208 x 276 x 11

Descriere completă

This book relates the history of asteroid discoveries and christenings, from those of the early pioneering giants of Hersehel and Piazzi to modern-day amateurs. Moving from history and anecdotal information to science, the book's structure is provided by the names of the asteroids, including one named after the author. Free from a need to conform to scientific naming conventions, the names evidence hero-worship, sycophancy, avarice, vanity, whimsy, erudition and wit, revealing the human side of astronomers, especially where controversy has followed the christening. Murdin draws from extensive historical records to explore the debate over these names. Each age reveals its own biases and preferences in the naming process. < Originally regarded as "vermin of the skies," asteroids are minor planets, rocky scraps left over from the formation of the larger planets, or broken fragments of worlds that have collided. Their scientific classification as "minor" planets makes them seem unimportant, but over the past decades asteroids have been acknowledged to be key players in the Solar System. This view of their starring role even alters the trajectories of spacecraft: NASA's policy for new space missions en route to the outer planets is that they must divert to study passing asteroids whenever possible. This book provides for readers a complete tour of the fascinating world of asteroids.

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