Bode’s Law and the Discovery of Juno Historical Studies in Asteroid Research /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Cunningham, Clifford J. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Physics.; History.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History of Science.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

Johann Bode developed a so-called law of planetary distances best known as Bode’s Law. The story of the discovery of Juno in 1804 by Karl Harding tells how Juno fit into that scheme and is examined as it relates to the philosopher Georg Hegel’s 1801 thesis that there could be no planets between Mars...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Hegel, Bode's Law and the Missing Planet
• The Discovery of Juno
• Juno: A Driving Force for Change
• The Music of Spheres
• The Big Four Asteroids in Verse
• Letters: Bessel with Gauss and Olbers
• The Gauss-Olbers Letters
• The Harding-Gauss Letters
• Letters: Gauss with Bode and Zach
• The Oriani-Piazzi Letters
• Schroeter's Asteroid Book
• Scientific Papers on Juno
• The Astronomical Instruments
• The Observatories
• Appendix 1: The 1802 Hungarian Letter of Antal Decsy
• Appendix 2: The Historical Development of the Orbital Elements of Juno
• References
• Index.