At the edge of the solar system
Subtitle: icy new worlds unveiled
By: Alain Doressoundiram and Emmanuel Lellouch ; [translator, Bob Mizon]
Contributors: Lellouch, Emmanuel
Series: Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy; Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy
Publisher: Springer Verlag; Published in association with Praxis
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berlin; New York; Chichester, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9781441908643
Subjects: Astronomy
Work titles: Aux confins du système solaire
Description: On August 24, 2006, the Solar System lost its ninth planet! Pluto, once considered an planet, is now classified as a 'dwarf planet'. This book brings together amazing findings from the cutting edge of research. Illustrated with magnificent color images, it explains the importance of the small bodies in the outer Solar System and also shows the interrelations between them and sets them in context with planets in the inner Solar System.--Back cover.
Notes: Original French edition: Aux confins du système solaire.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Solar System from antiquity to 1930; title: Pluto: 80 years of exploration from afar; title: First steps on a road of extraordinary discovery; title: A jumble of orbits; title: New worlds, unveiled; title: 9 + 1 = 8!; title: A history of the outer Solar System (and of the moon!); title: Tomorrow, here and elsewhere ... .