The Hunt for Planet X New Worlds and the Fate of Pluto /

• Main Author: Schilling, Govert. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Astronomy.; Popular Science in Astronomy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77805-1

"The Hunt for Planet X is a fascinating tale by one of the world's premier astronomy writers. Govert Schilling is not only scrupulously accurate, he writes beautifully as well." Stephen P. Maran, Author of "Astronomy for Dummies" and Press Officer, American Astronomical Soci...

Table of Contents:

• A larger solar system
• Eleven planets
• The writing desk planet
• 'I've found your Planet X'
• The kid planet
• A strange and wonderful week
• Fortunate circumstances
• Nix and Hydra
• The unauthorized planet
• Uranus: problem solved?
• Mysterious forces
• The hunt for the Death Star
• The secret planet
• Vulcanoids and Earth-grazers
• The Kuiper connection
• Comet puzzles
• Smiley
• Family portraits
• The migrating planet
• Icy treasure troves
• The big five
• The tenth planet
• The Spanish invasion
• Pas de deux
• Model from Nice
• Planet under siege
• Planetary elections
• The continuing story
• A thousand planets
• New Horizons.