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" Pluto confidential : "
Laurence A. Marschall and Stephen P. Maran
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BL
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648972
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Marschall, Laurence A
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Pluto confidential : : an insider account of the ongoing battles over the status of Pluto /\ Laurence A. Marschall and Stephen P. Maran
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Dallas, TX :: Benbella Books,, c2009
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vii, 223 p. ;; 23 cm
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9781933771809 :
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: 1933771801
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221)
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| Contents
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Summer in Prague -- The great Pluto debate and the great Pluto debaters -- Contentious planets : the early history of planetary disputes -- Ceres and theories : the search for planets begins -- Neptune's disputed discovery -- Vulcan, the planet that wasn't -- The Pluto saga begins -- The exploration of Pluto -- Unveiling the Kuiper Belt -- Exoplanet wars -- What's next for Pluto?
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" ... leading astronomers Laurence A. Marschall and Stephen P. Maran reveal the inside account of the battles over Pluto and conduct their own debate on the pros and cons of planetary status for our most maligned orbital body."--P. [4] of cover
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Pluto (Dwarf planet)
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Solar system
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523.4922
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QB701.M377 2009
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Maran, Stephen P
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