Discovery of the First Asteroid, Ceres Historical Studies in Asteroid Research /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Cunningham, Clifford (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Θέματα: Physics.; History.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History of Science.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

Based on extensive primary sources, many never previously translated into English, this is the definitive account of the origins of Ceres as it went from being classified as a new planet to reclassification as the first of a previously unknown group of celestial objects. Cunningham opens this critic...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Unseen Planet
• The Discovery of Ceres
• The Recovery of Ceres
• The Great Nomenclature Controversy of 1801
• The Physical Properties of Ceres
• How Did The Public Learn About Ceres?
• Piazzi's Monographs
• Bode's Book of 1802
• Schroeter's Book of 1805
• British Correspondence About Ceres
• Letters between Piazzi and Oriani
• Letters Between Olbers and Bode
• Zach's Ceres Correspondence
• Other Ceres Correspondence
• Appendix 1: A Description of the Ramsden Circle.-Appendix 2: The Events of 1801
• Appendix 3: The Historical Development of the Orbital Elements of Ceres
• Appendix 4: Star Atlases.