Pluto confidential
Subtitle: an insider account of the ongoing battles over the status of Pluto
By: Laurence A. Marschall and Stephen P. Maran
Contributors: Maran, Stephen P.
Publisher: Benbella Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dallas, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781933771809
Description: " ... leading astronomers Laurence A. Marschall and Stephen P. Maran reveal the inside account of the battles over Pluto and conduct their own debate on the pros and cons of planetary status for our most maligned orbital body."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221).
Table of contents: title: Summer in Prague; title: The great Pluto debate and the great Pluto debaters; title: Contentious planets : the early history of planetary disputes; title: Ceres and theories : the search for planets begins; title: Neptune's disputed discovery; title: Vulcan, the planet that wasn't; title: The Pluto saga begins; title: The exploration of Pluto; title: Unveiling the Kuiper Belt; title: Exoplanet wars; title: What's next for Pluto?