How I killed Pluto and why it had it coming

Prologue: Pluto dies -- What is a planet? -- A millennium of planets -- The moon is my nemesis -- The second-best thing -- An icy nail -- The end of the solar system -- Raining = pouring -- Lilah, an intermission -- The tenth planet -- Stealing the show -- Planet or not -- Mean very evil men -- Disc...

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1. Verfasser:	Brown, Mike (VerfasserIn)
Format:	UnknownFormat
Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	New York Spiegel & Grau 2010
Schlagworte:	Planets > Discoveries in science > Anecdotes > Eris (Dwarf planet) > Pluto (Dwarf planet) > Solar system > Eris > Sonnensystem > Planet > Entdeckung > Pluto > Anekdote
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Zusammenfassung:	Prologue: Pluto dies -- What is a planet? -- A millennium of planets -- The moon is my nemesis -- The second-best thing -- An icy nail -- The end of the solar system -- Raining = pouring -- Lilah, an intermission -- The tenth planet -- Stealing the show -- Planet or not -- Mean very evil men -- Discord and strife. The astronomer who inadvertently triggered the "demotion" of Pluto in his effort to officially recognize the solar system's tenth planet describes the ensuing debates and public outcry while revealing the behind-the-scenes story of his discovery
Beschreibung:	Includes index
Beschreibung:	XIII, 267 S. Ill. 21 cm
ISBN:	0385531087 0-385-53108-7 9780385531085 978-0-385-53108-5