Beyond Pluto

Author : John Davies
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2001-07-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 1139428772

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Beyond Pluto by John Davies Pdf

In the ten years preceding publication, the known solar system more than doubled in size. For the first time in almost two centuries an entirely new population of planetary objects was found. This 'Kuiper Belt' of minor planets beyond Neptune revolutionised our understanding of the solar system's formation and finally explained the origin of the enigmatic outer planet Pluto. This is the fascinating story of how theoretical physicists decided that there must be a population of unknown bodies beyond Neptune and how a small band of astronomers set out to find them. What they discovered was a family of ancient planetesimals whose orbits and physical properties were far more complicated than anyone expected. We follow the story of this discovery, and see how astronomers, theoretical physicists and one incredibly dedicated amateur observer came together to explore the frozen boundary of the solar system.

Author : Stephen Marlowe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781609777814

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World Beyond Pluto by Stephen Marlowe Pdf

Stephen Marlowe (born Milton Lesser) was an American author of science fiction, mystery novels, and fictional autobiographies of Christopher Columbus, Miguel de Cervantes, and Edgar Allan Poe. This is one of those stories.

Author : Stephanie Macceca
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780743900140

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From the Sun to Beyond Pluto by Stephanie Macceca Pdf

A creative boy, Luke, dreams up an adventure where he and his friends journey through the solar system! Learn all about space while acting out this intriguing story. This charming, leveled script includes six roles that are written at varying reading levels, supporting differentiation and English language learner strategies. Teachers can implement differentiated strategies to assign roles to students based on their individual reading levels. This helpful feature is an easy way for teachers to get all of their students involved and engaged in an activity. All students will gain confidence and feel successful while building fluency, regardless of their current reading ability. This script also features a song and poem relating to the story. Through performing this story together, students will practice valuable skills like interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures. All of the features in this dynamic, Spanish-translated script make it a great resource for an entire classroom of young readers.

Author : Stephanie Macceca
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781425882693

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From the Sun to Beyond Pluto--Reader's Theater Script & Fluency Lesson by Stephanie Macceca Pdf

This reader's theater script builds fluency through oral reading. The creative script captures students' interest, so they will want to practice and perform. Included is a fluency lesson and approximate reading levels for the script roles.

Author : Elaine Landau
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0531125653

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Beyond Pluto by Elaine Landau Pdf

Presents facts about Pluto, the Kuiper belt, and deep space.

Author : Elaine Scott
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780451479433

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To Pluto and Beyond by Elaine Scott Pdf

New Horizons was designed by NASA to study Pluto and the fringes of our solar system, farther away than any spacecraft has ever explored. Join science writer Elaine Scott as she tells the story of this mission. For Stephen Hawking, New Horizons signifies that "We explore because we are human and we want to know." This remarkable ship, no bigger than a piano, and using no more energy than a lightbulb, has already traveled three billion miles out to Pluto, and is continuing on to the Kuiper Belt, the farthest reaches of our solar system. The book will feature the beautiful, amazingly sharp photographs it is sending back from its journey, which are letting scientists fill in the blanks in our knowledge of Pluto--and delivering a few surprises along the way. Elaine Scott tells the exciting story of everyone's favorite planet, from Pluto's discovery through the frustrating attempts to study such a distant object, the creation of the New Horizons project, scientists' hopes and expectations for the mission, and what is being discovered. Her clear, engaging prose does more than narrate the events. By showing how scientists operate, their hypotheses, hopes, and disappointments, and how they make use of them, she gives readers an inspiring portrait of the scientific method itself.

Author : S. Alan Stern
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780816540945

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The Pluto System After New Horizons by S. Alan Stern Pdf

Once perceived as distant, cold, dark, and seemingly unknowable, Pluto had long been marked as the farthest and most unreachable frontier for solar system exploration. The Pluto System After New Horizons is the benchmark research compendium for synthesizing our understanding of the Pluto system. This volume reviews the work of researchers who have spent the last five years assimilating the data returned from New Horizons and the first full scientific synthesis of this fascinating system.

Author : Dana Meachen Rau
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0756502977

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Pluto by Dana Meachen Rau Pdf

Briefly describes the discovery, surface features, orbit, moon, and efforts to study the dwarf planet Pluto.

Author : Gabrielle Prendergast
Publisher : Margaret K. McElderry Books
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534404359

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If Pluto Was a Pea by Gabrielle Prendergast Pdf

Join two curious kids as they explore their backyard, and contemplate their place within our vast universe in this adorable picture book that’s full of comparisons to help kids understand cosmic size. If Pluto was a pea… the Sun would be like a tent, Mercury would be a marble, and Earth would be a golf ball. Pluto is the smallest planet in our solar system, but how small is small? As it turns out, it only takes the contents of a lunchbox and a backyard to find out.

Author : Stephen Marlowe
Publisher : Litres
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785040562800

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World Beyond Pluto by Stephen Marlowe Pdf

Author : Alan Boyle
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780470541906

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The Case for Pluto by Alan Boyle Pdf

In support of Pluto-the cutest and most unfairly treated planet Pity poor Pluto: It's a planet that was discovered because of a mistake, a planet that turned out not to be a planet at all, thanks to a still-disputed decision made in 2006. And yet, Pluto is the planet best-loved by Americans, especially children, one that may have contained the building blocks of life billions of years ago and may well serve as life's last redoubt billions of years from now. In The Case for Pluto, award-winning science writer Alan Boyle traces the tiny planet's ups and downs, its strange appeal, the reasons behind its demotion, and the reasons why it should be set back in the planetary pantheon. Tells the compelling story of Pluto's discovery and how it became a cultural icon Makes the case for Pluto as planet, countering the books that argue against it Comes in a small, friendly package — just like Pluto — and features a handsome design, making it a great gift The Case for Pluto is the must-read tale of a cosmic underdog that has captured the hearts of millions: an endearing little planet that is changing the way we see the universe beyond our backyard. Alan Boyle is MSNBC.com’s science editor and the award-winning blogger behind Cosmic Log. He’s been a talking head on NBC’s The Today Show and the MSNBC cable channel, holding forth on scientific subjects ranging from the chances of an asteroid Armageddon to the 3-D wizardry behind the “Harry Potter” movies. But he writes better than he talks.

Author : John Davies
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2001-07-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521800196

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Beyond Pluto by John Davies Pdf

Exactly what is beyond Pluto? Why, in the last ten years, has the Solar System more than doubled in size? For the first time, in almost two centuries, an entirely new population of planetary objects has been found that may well explain these two questions. This newly discovered realm of minor planets, now known as the "Kuiper Belt," has reconceptualized our understanding of how the Solar System was formed and has finally given ontological explanations for the enigmatic outer planet Pluto. Beyond Pluto is the fascinating story of how a group of theoretical physicists decided that there must be a population of unknown bodies beyond Pluto and how a small band of astronomers set out to find them. Acclaimed scientist John K. Davies recounts how they predicted the existence of these planetary bodies, how they were eventually discovered, and how Pluto was named. In addition, Davies provides biographies of the astronomers who discovered these new worlds and information on the telescopes they used. John K. Davies is a support scientist for the UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) atop the dormant volcano Mauna Kea in Hawaii. He holds PhDs in chemistry and astronomy, discovered six comets while teaching at Leicester University in the UK, and was a member of the ISO-CAM team at the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has contributed to magazines such as Astronomy, New Scientist, Sky & Telescope, and Space. In 2000, a small main asteroid belt was named Johndavies in recognition of his numerous contributions to astronomy.

Author : Virginia Tilley
Publisher : Pluto Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0745332358

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Beyond Occupation by Virginia Tilley Pdf

Beyond Occupation looks at three contentious terms that regularly arise in contemporary arguments about Israel's practices towards Palestinians in the occupied territories – occupation, colonialism and apartheid – and considers whether their meanings in international law truly apply to Israel's policies. This analysis is timely and urgent – colonialism and apartheid are serious breaches of human rights law and apartheid is a crime against humanity under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The contributors present conclusive evidence that Israel’s administration of the Palestinian territories is consistent with colonialism and apartheid, as these regimes are defined in human rights law. Their analysis further shows that these practices are deliberate Israeli state policies, imposed on the Palestinian civilian population under military occupation. These findings raise serious implications for the legality and legitimacy of Israel's continuing occupation of the Palestinian territories and the responsibility of the entire international community to challenge practices considered contrary to fundamental values of the international legal order.

Author : Mike Brown
Publisher : Random House
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780385531108

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How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown Pdf

The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a tenth planet, Eris, slightly bigger than Pluto. But instead of adding one more planet to our solar system, Brown’s find ignited a firestorm of controversy that culminated in the demotion of Pluto from real planet to the newly coined category of “dwarf” planet. Suddenly Brown was receiving hate mail from schoolchildren and being bombarded by TV reporters—all because of the discovery he had spent years searching for and a lifetime dreaming about. A heartfelt and personal journey filled with both humor and drama, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming is the book for anyone, young or old, who has ever imagined exploring the universe—and who among us hasn’t?

Author : Alan Stern,David James Tholen
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1997-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 0816518408

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Pluto and Charon by Alan Stern,David James Tholen Pdf

For five decades after its discovery in 1930, the planet Pluto remained an enigma. However, several events during the last two decades have helped to lift the veil of mystery surrounding the ninth planet. The discovery of its satellite, Charon, in 1978 permitted occultation observations that allowed scientists to determine the size of both bodies. Astronomers also detected the presence of an atmosphere, and the Hubble Space Telescope provided views in unprecedented detail. In addition to these two fortuitous events, advances in telescopic instrumentation and computational methods led to exciting observational and theoretical discoveries. This new Space Sciences Series volume focuses on the scientific issues associated with Pluto and Charon. Fifty collaborating authors here review the latest research on the Pluto-Charon binary, from bulk properties, surfaces and interiors to atmospheric structure, composition, and dynamics. They also provide historical perspectives on Pluto-Charon research and discuss the population of the trans-Neptunian region and the origin of the Pluto-Charon binary. Also included are prefatory remarks by Pluto's and Charon's discoverers, Clyde Tombaugh and James Christy. This volume offers the most comprehensive available compendium of research work for understanding these far off members of our solar system, just at a time following dramatic developments in our knowledge but before that knowledge can be advanced by spacecraft missions.