Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Solar System
- 2 The discovery of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
- 3 Pluto: a diminishing world
- 4 Pluto's family
- 5 Surfaces, atmospheres and interiors of Pluto and Charon
- 6 The Edgeworth-Kuiper belt
- 7 Is Pluto a planet?
- 8 The New Horizons mission to Pluto (and beyond)
- 9 Pluto: gateway to beyond?
- Glossary
- Further reading and other resources
- Index
Glossary
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Solar System
- 2 The discovery of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
- 3 Pluto: a diminishing world
- 4 Pluto's family
- 5 Surfaces, atmospheres and interiors of Pluto and Charon
- 6 The Edgeworth-Kuiper belt
- 7 Is Pluto a planet?
- 8 The New Horizons mission to Pluto (and beyond)
- 9 Pluto: gateway to beyond?
- Glossary
- Further reading and other resources
- Index
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- PlutoSentinel of the Outer Solar System, pp. 207 - 212Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010