Pluto And Lowell Observatory A History Of Discovery At Flagstaff
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Author |
: Kevin Schindler and Will Grundy, Contributions by Annette & Alden Tombaugh, W. Lowell Putnam and S. Alan Stern |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 192 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781625859792 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1625859791 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis 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
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.
Author |
: David H. Levy |
Publisher |
: Sky & Telescope |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1931559333 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781931559331 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Clyde Tombaugh by : David H. Levy
In 1930 astronomer Clyde Tombaugh made the discovery of a lifetime: the planet Pluto. His work remains relevant today as astronomers continue their search for planets in the outskirts of our solar system. This fascinating biography chronicles the life of one of the giants of 20th century astronomy.
Author |
: Percival Lowell |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 348 |
Release |
: 1910 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105006088434 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mars as the Abode of Life by : Percival Lowell
Author |
: Robert Burnham |
Publisher |
: Courier Corporation |
Total Pages |
: 706 |
Release |
: 1978-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780486235684 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0486235688 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Chamaeleon-Orion by : Robert Burnham
Offers comprehensive coverage of the numerous celestial objects outside our solar system
Author |
: Michael Byers |
Publisher |
: St. Martin's Griffin |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2011-08-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0312573561 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780312573560 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Percival's Planet by : Michael Byers
A novel of ambition and obsession centered on the race to discover Pluto in 1930, pitting an untrained Kansas farm boy against the greatest minds of Harvard at the run-down Lowell Observatory in Arizona In 1928, the boy who will discover Pluto, Clyde Tombaugh, is on the family farm, grinding a lens for his own telescope under the immense Kansas sky. In Flagstaff, Arizona, the staff of Lowell Observatory is about to resume the late Percival Lowell's interrupted search for Planet X. Meanwhile, the immensely rich heir to a chemical fortune has decided to go west to hunt for dinosaurs and in Cambridge, Massachussetts, the most beautiful girl in America is going slowly insane while her ex-heavyweight champion boyfriend stands by helplessly, desperate to do anything to keep her. Inspired by the true story of Tombaugh and set in the last gin-soaked months of the flapper era, Percival's Planet tells the story of the intertwining lives of half a dozen dreamers, schemers, and madmen. Following Tombaugh's unlikely path from son of a farmer to discoverer of a planet, the novel touches on insanity, mathematics, music, astrophysics, boxing, dinosaur hunting, shipwrecks—and what happens when the greatest romance of your life is also the source of your life's greatest sorrow.
Author |
: Abbott Lawrence Lowell |
Publisher |
: BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages |
: 146 |
Release |
: 2020-08-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783752410204 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3752410205 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Biography of Percival Lowell by : Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Reproduction of the original: Biography of Percival Lowell by Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Author |
: William Lowell Putnam |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 1994-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0615645526 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780615645520 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Explorers of Mars Hill by : William Lowell Putnam
Established in 1894 in Flagstaff, Arizona by Percival Lowell, the Lowell Observatory on Mars Hill is still remembered as the site of numerous important astronomical firsts. The great recessional velocities of galaxies were first observed here in the years immediately before the first world war, a discovery that ultimately led scientists to the realization that our universe is expanding. In 1930, the dwarf planet Pluto was discovered at Lowell by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh. This volume is a series of vignettes in the observatory's history, from its foundation and early years under Lowell's guidance to its more modern-day accomplishments. It is richly illustrated with photographs from the Lowell archives.
Author |
: Dale P. Cruikshank |
Publisher |
: University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages |
: 502 |
Release |
: 2018-02-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780816534319 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0816534314 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Discovering Pluto by : Dale P. Cruikshank
The story of Pluto and its largest moon, from discovery through the New Horizons flyby--Provided by publisher.
Author |
: Alice B. McGinty |
Publisher |
: Schwartz & Wade |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2019-05-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781524768324 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1524768324 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Girl Who Named Pluto by : Alice B. McGinty
An empowering, inspiring--and accessible!--nonfiction picture book about the eleven-year-old girl who actually named the newly discovered Pluto in 1930. When Venetia Burney's grandfather reads aloud from the newspaper about a new discovery--a "ninth major planet" that has yet to be named--her eleven-year-old mind starts whirring. She is studying the planets in school and loves Roman mythology. "It might be called Pluto," she says, thinking of the dark underworld. Grandfather loves the idea and contacts his friend at London's Royal Astronomical Society, who writes to scientists at the Lowell Observatory in Massachusetts, where Pluto was discovered. After a vote, the scientists agree unanimously: Pluto is the perfect name for the dark, cold planet. Here is a picture book perfect for STEM units and for all children--particularly girls--who have ever dreamed of becoming a scientist.
Author |
: Rose Houk |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 47 |
Release |
: 2000-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0961828811 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780961828813 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis From the Hill by : Rose Houk