Dawn of small worlds : dwarf planets, asteroids, comets /

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Author / Creator:Moltenbrey, Michael, author.
Imprint:Cham : Springer, [2016]
Description:1 online resource (273 pages)
Language:English
Series:Astronomers' universe
Astronomers' universe.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11249311
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ISBN:9783319230030
3319230034
9783319230023
3319230026
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary:This book gives a detailed introduction to the thousands and thousands of smaller bodies in the solar system. Written for interested laymen, amateur astronomers and students it describes the nature and origin of asteroids, dwarf planets and comets, and gives detailed information about their role in the solar system. The author nicely reviews the history of small-world-exploration and describes past, current and future space craft missions studying small worlds, and presents their results. Readers will learn that small solar system worlds have a dramatically different nature and appearance than the planets. Even though research activity on small worlds has increased in the recent past many of their properties are still in the dark and need further research.
Other form:Print version: Moltenbrey, Michael. Dawn of small worlds. Cham : Springer, [2016] 3319230026 9783319230023
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-23003-0