Pluto And Beyond

Author : Elaine Scott
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,7 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 : Elaine Landau
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 47,9 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 : John Davies
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,8 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 : Alan Stern,David Grinspoon
Publisher : Picador
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781250098986

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Chasing New Horizons by Alan Stern,David Grinspoon Pdf

Called "spellbinding" (Scientific American) and "thrilling...a future classic of popular science" (PW), the up close, inside story of the greatest space exploration project of our time, New Horizons’ mission to Pluto, as shared with David Grinspoon by mission leader Alan Stern and other key players. On July 14, 2015, something amazing happened. More than 3 billion miles from Earth, a small NASA spacecraft called New Horizons screamed past Pluto at more than 32,000 miles per hour, focusing its instruments on the long mysterious icy worlds of the Pluto system, and then, just as quickly, continued on its journey out into the beyond. Nothing like this has occurred in a generation—a raw exploration of new worlds unparalleled since NASA’s Voyager missions to Uranus and Neptune—and nothing quite like it is planned to happen ever again. The photos that New Horizons sent back to Earth graced the front pages of newspapers on all 7 continents, and NASA’s website for the mission received more than 2 billion hits in the days surrounding the flyby. At a time when so many think that our most historic achievements are in the past, the most distant planetary exploration ever attempted not only succeeded in 2015 but made history and captured the world’s imagination. How did this happen? Chasing New Horizons is the story of the men and women behind this amazing mission: of their decades-long commitment and persistence; of the political fights within and outside of NASA; of the sheer human ingenuity it took to design, build, and fly the mission; and of the plans for New Horizons’ next encounter, 1 billion miles past Pluto in 2019. Told from the insider’s perspective of mission leader Dr. Alan Stern and others on New Horizons, and including two stunning 16-page full-color inserts of images, Chasing New Horizons is a riveting account of scientific discovery, and of how much we humans can achieve when people focused on a dream work together toward their incredible goal.

Author : S. Alan Stern
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 48,9 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 : Dale P. Cruikshank,William Sheehan
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780816534319

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Discovering Pluto by Dale P. Cruikshank,William Sheehan Pdf

The story of Pluto and its largest moon, from discovery through the New Horizons flyby--Provided by publisher.

Author : John Hamilton
Publisher : A&d Xtreme
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Jupiter (Planet)
ISBN : 1532110103

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New Horizons by John Hamilton Pdf

Discusses the development of the New Horizons spacecraft and its mission to explore Pluto, the Kuiper Belt, and Jupiter, looking at its construction, launch, and continued findings.

Author : Helen Orme,David Orme
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Learning Library
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0836879457

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Let's Explore Pluto and Beyond by Helen Orme,David Orme Pdf

Let's Explore Pluto and Beyond investigates the latest discoveries about Pluto, explains its change in classification from planet to dwarf planet, and describes the other space objects found beyond Pluto's orbit.

Author : Mike Brown
Publisher : Random House
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,6 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 : Gabrielle Prendergast
Publisher : Margaret K. McElderry Books
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 47,5 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 : Anne Minard
Publisher : Cooper Square Pub
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Pluto (Dwarf planet)
ISBN : 0873589157

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Pluto and Beyond by Anne Minard Pdf

A behind-the-scenes look at a small observatory's discoveries

Author : Greg O'Brien
Publisher : Good Night books
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780991340194

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On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's by Greg O'Brien Pdf

This is a book about living with Alzheimer’s, not dying with it. It is a book about hope, faith, and humor—a prescription far more powerful than the conventional medication available today to fight this disease. Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in the US—and the only one of these diseases on the rise. More than 5 million Americans have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia; about 35 million people worldwide. Greg O’Brien, an award-winning investigative reporter, has been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's and is one of those faceless numbers. Acting on long-term memory and skill coupled with well-developed journalistic grit, O’Brien decided to tackle the disease and his imminent decline by writing frankly about the journey. O’Brien is a master storyteller. His story is naked, wrenching, and soul searching for a generation and their loved ones about to cross the threshold of this death in slow motion. On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s is a trail-blazing roadmap for a generation—both a “how to” for fighting a disease, and a “how not” to give up!

Author : Stephen Marlowe
Publisher : Litres
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785040562800

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World Beyond Pluto by Stephen Marlowe Pdf

Author : Marlowe Stephen
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1318939453

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World Beyond Pluto by Marlowe Stephen Pdf

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : Kevin Schindler and Will Grundy, Contributions by Annette & Alden Tombaugh, W. Lowell Putnam and S. Alan Stern
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625859792

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Pluto and Lowell Observatory: A History of Discovery at Flagstaff by Kevin Schindler and Will Grundy, Contributions by Annette & Alden Tombaugh, W. Lowell Putnam and S. Alan Stern Pdf

Pluto looms large in Flagstaff, where residents and businesses alike take pride in their community's most enduring claim to fame: Clyde Tombaugh's 1930 discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory. Percival Lowell began searching for his theoretical "Planet X" in 1905, and Tombaugh's "eureka!" experience brought worldwide attention to the city and observatory. Ever since, area scientists have played leading roles in virtually every major Pluto-related discovery, from unknown moons to the existence of an atmosphere and the innovations of the New Horizons spacecraft. Lowell historian Kevin Schindler and astronomer Will Grundy guide you through the story of Pluto from postulation to exploration.