Investigating the origin of the asteroids and early findings on Vesta : historical studies in asteroid research /: historical studies in asteroid research. ([2017])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Investigating the origin of the asteroids and early findings on Vesta : historical studies in asteroid research /: historical studies in asteroid research. ([2017])
- Main Title:
- Investigating the origin of the asteroids and early findings on Vesta : historical studies in asteroid research
- Further Information:
- Note: Clifford J. Cunningham.
- Authors:
- Cunningham, Clifford J
- Contents:
- Exordium ; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Olbers' Hypothesis: The Origin of the Asteroids; A Very Romantic Idea; The Truths of Science; Meteorites: No Hypothesis Is Too Bold; The Link Between Comets and Asteroids; An Utter Impossibility; The Opinions of the Great Observers: Schroeter, Zach, Oriani and Herschel; Laplace and the Art of Persuasion; Lagrange: A Complete Hypothesis of the Origin of the Solar System; Invoking Electricity to Bolster Olbers' Hypothesis; A Chimerical Fancy; The Planetary Wreck; The Sun: Originator and Destroyer; Subversive Asteroids. A Great and Sublime Mystery Reuniting the Asteroids; The Primordial Planet and the Shapes of the Asteroids; Did Humans See the Primordial Planet?; Sisters of the Same Age; The Nest of a Bird; Chapter 2: Regnér's Attacks on Olbers' Hypothesis; The 1803 Treatise; The Cometary Collision Hypothesis; The 1806 Treatise; Chapter 3: Brewster's Support for Olbers' Hypothesis; The Destruction of Harmony in the Solar System; Beyond the Grasp of the Most Refined Analysis; The Density of the Asteroids; The Spider's Most Attenuated Threads; Miserable Little Fragments or Planets? The Atmospheres of the Asteroids The Five Asteroids of 1811; A Deduction Most Wonderfully Confirmed; Geology: The First Chapter of Astronomy; A Standing Rebuke to Reason; Chapter 4: The Discovery of Vesta; The Pursuit of the Game; Share My Happiness with Me!; Olbers: The Favorite of the Heavens; Who Observed Vesta First?; The Crown ofExordium ; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Olbers' Hypothesis: The Origin of the Asteroids; A Very Romantic Idea; The Truths of Science; Meteorites: No Hypothesis Is Too Bold; The Link Between Comets and Asteroids; An Utter Impossibility; The Opinions of the Great Observers: Schroeter, Zach, Oriani and Herschel; Laplace and the Art of Persuasion; Lagrange: A Complete Hypothesis of the Origin of the Solar System; Invoking Electricity to Bolster Olbers' Hypothesis; A Chimerical Fancy; The Planetary Wreck; The Sun: Originator and Destroyer; Subversive Asteroids. A Great and Sublime Mystery Reuniting the Asteroids; The Primordial Planet and the Shapes of the Asteroids; Did Humans See the Primordial Planet?; Sisters of the Same Age; The Nest of a Bird; Chapter 2: Regnér's Attacks on Olbers' Hypothesis; The 1803 Treatise; The Cometary Collision Hypothesis; The 1806 Treatise; Chapter 3: Brewster's Support for Olbers' Hypothesis; The Destruction of Harmony in the Solar System; Beyond the Grasp of the Most Refined Analysis; The Density of the Asteroids; The Spider's Most Attenuated Threads; Miserable Little Fragments or Planets? The Atmospheres of the Asteroids The Five Asteroids of 1811; A Deduction Most Wonderfully Confirmed; Geology: The First Chapter of Astronomy; A Standing Rebuke to Reason; Chapter 4: The Discovery of Vesta; The Pursuit of the Game; Share My Happiness with Me!; Olbers: The Favorite of the Heavens; Who Observed Vesta First?; The Crown of Astronomy; Four Is Not Enough; Olbers' Daughter; The Origin of Vesta; The Celestial Railroad; Herschel's Study of Vesta; Physical Properties; The Color of Vesta; Orbital Properties; The Elements Junonium and Vestium; The Magnitude of Vesta. How the Public Learned About VestaChapter 5: Vesta: A Self-Luminous Asteroid?; A State of Combustion; A Ghastly Yellowish Rim; Lustrous Facets; Chapter 6: Asteroids and the Language of Nature; Wonderful Phenomena; The Intellectual Landscape and the Power of Prediction; Diameter Measurements; Integrating the Asteroids; Comparative Physical Properties; Symbols of the Asteroids; Ceres; Pallas; Juno; Vesta; Satellites of Asteroids; A Philippic Against the Nautical Almanac; The Berlin Ephemeris; Absurd Little Heavenly Bodies; Chapter 7: The Perturbations of Vesta. Burckhardt's Perturbation Work in 1807 Daussy's Perturbation Work from 1813 to 1818; Encke's Perturbation Work from the 1830s to the 1850s; Groombridge and Moseley; Chapter 8: Letters: Olbers-Gauss; Chapter 9: Letters: Bessel-Olbers-Bode-Gauss; Chapter 10: Letters: Groombridge-Maskelyne-Herschel; Chapter 11: Schroeter's Asteroid Books; The Origin of the Asteroids; Observations and Measurements of the Planet Vesta; Observations of the Asteroid-Planet Vesta; Chapter 12: Scientific Papers; Observations on the Nature of the New Celestial Body Discovered by Dr. Olbers. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Copyright Date:
- 2017
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 523.44072
Physics
Asteroids -- Research -- History -- 19th century
Asteroids -- History
SCIENCE -- Astronomy
Asteroids
Asteroids -- Research
Science -- History
Science -- Physics
Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology
Science -- Astrophysics & Space Science
History of science
Solar system: the Sun & planets
Astronautics
History
Planetology
Astrophysics
Astronomy, space & time
Vesta (Asteroid)
Solar system -- Vesta (Asteroid)
Electronic book
Electronic books
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319581187
- Related ISBNs:
- 331958118X
9783319581170
3319581171 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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