The Dynamics of Small Bodies in the Solar System: A Major Key to Solar Systems Studies (NATO Science Series C:)
Contributors: B.A. Steves (Editor); Archie E. Roy (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9780792354666
Subjects: Astrophysics; Classical mechanics; Solar System; Congresses; Science; Science/Mathematics; Cosmology; Astronomy - Solar System; Astrophysics & Space Science; Science / Astronomy; Astronomy - General; Asteroids; Few-body problem
First sentence: The study of asteroids started on the first day of the 19th century when Piazzi, observing from Palermo, discovered a new object in the Solar System.