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The Asteroids; Or Minor Planets Between Mars and Jupiter.
Daniel Kirkwood
Between Mars and Jupiter circles a swarm of tiny worlds, and Daniel Kirkwood was the first to see a pattern in their gaps. He recounts how the early asteroids were discovered one by one and tabulates them in order of their finding. A lucid nineteenth-century tour of the solar system's rubble belt. Look outward to the minor planets and the astronomer who charted them.
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38 chapters
- 1THE ASTEROIDS, OR MINOR PLANETS BETWEEN MARS AND JUPITER.
- 2PREFACE.
- 3CONTENTS.
- 4PART I.
- 5THE ASTEROIDS, OR MINOR PLANETS BETWEEN MARS AND JUPITER.
- 61. Introductory. PLANETARY DISCOVERIES BEFORE THE ASTEROIDS WERE KNOWN.
- 72. Discovery of the First Asteroids.
- 8TABLE I. The Asteroids in the Order of their Discovery.
- 93. Remarks on Table I.
- 104. Mode of Discovery.
- 11NAMES AND SYMBOLS.
- 125. Magnitudes of the Asteroids.
- 136. The Orbits of the Asteroids.
- 14TABLE II. Elements of the Asteroids.
- 15PART II.
- 16DISCUSSION OF THE FACTS IN TABLE II.
- 171. Extent of the Zone.
- 182. The Small Mass of the Asteroids.
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