Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System
Subtitle: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held at Garching, Germany, 2-5 November 1998 (ESO Astrophysics Symposia)
Contributors: A. Fitzsimmons (Editor); D. Jewitt (Editor); R.M. West (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 25, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9783540411529
Subjects: Cosmology & the universe; Solar System; Cosmology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Geophysics; Astronomy - Solar System; Astrophysics & Space Science; Comet; Planet; Planetesimal Accretion; Science / Astrophysics & Space Science; Science-Astrophysics & Space Science; Science-Geophysics; Astronomy - General; Congresses; Kuiper Belt
Description: This volume tries to summarize the status of observational knowledge of the Kuiper Belt. Its recent discovery has revitalized the astromomical study of the Solar System and is beginning to open new and unexpected windows on the physics of planetesimal accretion. With more and better observational data being obtained at the technological limit of current facilities, a new perception of the relationships that exist among the various classes of small Solar System bodies has emerged. The new observations have also motivated a number of fascinating theoretical studies in Solar System dynamics.