Beyond Pluto: Exploring the Outer Limits of the Solar System

by John Davies and John Keith Davies

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521800196
• ISBN13: 9780521800198
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"