Investigating the Origin of the Asteroids and Early Findings on Vesta Historical Studies in Asteroid Research /

• Main Author: Cunningham, Clifford J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History of Science.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

This book assesses the origin of asteroids by analyzing the discovery of Vesta in 1807. Wilhelm Olbers, who discovered Vesta, suggested that the asteroids were the result of a primordial planet’s explosion. Cunningham studies that idea in detail through the writings of Sir David Brewster in Scotland...