| 书目名称 | Rock Legends | | 副标题 | The Asteroids and Th | | 编辑 | Paul Murdin | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Explores the history of asteroid naming, from the eccentric to the artistic, the controversial to the honorific.Tells the story of the asteroids‘ increasing importance in our scientific understanding | | 丛书名称 | Springer Praxis Books | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .This book relates the history of asteroid discoveries and christenings, from those of the early pioneering giants of Hersehel and Piazzi to modern-day amateurs. Moving from history and anecdotal information to science, the book‘s structure is provided by the names of the asteroids, including one named after the author..Free from a need to conform to scientific naming conventions, the names evidence hero-worship, sycophancy, avarice, vanity, whimsy, erudition and wit, revealing the human side of astronomers, especially where controversy has followed the christening. Murdin draws from extensive historical records to explore the debate over these names. Each age reveals its own biases and preferences in the naming process.. <.Originally regarded as “vermin of the skies,” asteroids are minor planets, rocky scraps left over from the formation of the larger planets, or broken fragments of worlds that have collided. Their scientific classification as “minor” planets makes them seem unimportant, but over the past decades asteroids have been acknowledged to be key players in the Solar System. This view of their starring role even alters the trajectories of spacecraft: NASA’s policy for new | | 出版日期 | Book 2016 | | 关键词 | Naming of asteroids; Asteroid discovery; Minor planets in solar system; History of asteroid names; Aster | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31836-3 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-81132-1 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-31836-3 | | copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 |
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